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Fear
Fear morphs itself based on the person. Depending on how we view the fear, whether normal or serious, positive or negative, that is what guides the outcome according to Desh Subba’s book Philosophy of Fearism: Life Is Conducted, Directed and Controlled by the Fear (143).
We cannot avert our eyes from it forever, trapping ourselves between what we’re running from and what we’re afraid to jump to. Rather, we must offer fear a seat at the table because, “we don’t find any area or sector in life which has not been influenced by fear” (Subba 186).
Fear: Text
In Crooked Kingdom it is as Inej’s father once told her, “We meet fear, he’d said. We greet the unexpected visitor and listen to what he has to tell us. When fear arrives, something is about to happen” (Bardugo 51).
Leigh Bardugo often writes characters whose actions, “arise out of need rather than a deficit in moral character,” (Keus 142) and in a similar manner, we shouldn’t suddenly fear ourselves because of our actions. We must do what is best for us in that moment and in that environment. It does not make us monsters.
Like Stoicism, the Wraith’s Mentality draws from the idea to focus on what you can control. Sit with your fear and learn why you fear it. Grow comfortable with it. Learn its language and allow yourself to feel fear. By acknowledging fear and accepting that not every action is a depiction of our true selves, we become better at managing our fear and making it an occasional ally rather than a continuous enemy.
Fear: Image
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