SAVED BY FEAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 103, 1 April 1929, Page 8

SAVED BY FEAR.

OBVIATING SILLY RISKS. Dr Alan Grimbly has many words of comfort for those who are . afraid in a contribution on “The Practical Aspect of Fear,” which appears in “The Encyclopaedia of Psychology.” “Fear,” says Dr. Grimbly, “is the emotion that preserves life. It makes a child shun fire, and an adult look both ways before crossing the road. In such ways fear is an asset without which we should all soon bo dead! ■‘.‘The so-called fearless man, because his mind does not telegraph the presence of danger, takes foolish risks which often end in disaster. The brave man knows that ho is afraid, conquers his fear, and waits to face the danger iri full control of his faculties. A man is only a coward when he allows his fear to swamp his reason and cause him to act recklessly to fly' without any plan, and become as an animal.” Fear does not necessarily go hand in hand with danger. Dr. Henry M. Miller shows how worry regarding the future ruins thousands of lives. Many people, almost unconsciously, are afraid of*’what the future holds. This worry has a definite effect oh their bodily as woll as mental systems. It poisons the bloods streams and affects tile heart.