"There is nothing to fear but fear itself."



But what exactly is fear? I've been asked if i'm afraid of going off to England and China. I'm not really sure if i'm afraid or more...reluctant. I guess in a sense i am afraid because i think that fear pretty much encompasses the unknown. But fear is also synomynous with pain. The unknown taken by itself is fundamentally exciting but i think that by adding in the potential element of pain, the unknown becomes fear. So in that sense i'm not really afraid because i don't think i'll be hurt or pained.