Sense of Insecurity

All creatures has a protective feature - sense of insecurity. Event plants reacts to threats. It is one act that protects them from being eaten alive in the world of "big eats small".

Although humans has come to the top of the food chain, they never get out of the sense of insecurity. Most people are still afraid of darkness. With a few exception, many will have eerie feeling when faced with unknown. 

When you are poor, you feel insecure about the future. When you are filthy rich you are afraid you will be kidnapped. When you are in love or married, you feel threatened when an opposite sex talks with your partner. When your work place talks about retrenchment, you feel that you are the next one on the chopping list.

There are countless opportunities that will cause you to feel insecure. It is this insecurity that caused people to become violent. Violence is a form of fighting back the insecurity sense. It is not the right way but many people feel that it is the only way. The reason - they cannot afford to be the looser.

Many others tries to go the opposite way. They shunt it all together. They find peace with their religion. Buddhist, Hindu, Christianity and other religions have sanctuary for such people. I must stress that not all people who went into the sanctuary does it for the same reason.

There are a few who are so afraid of insecurity that they become paranoid. A few actually ends up with mental institutions.

In actual fact, having a sense of insecurity is a good thing. It helps humanity to progress. If humans are so content with their lives then there will not be improvement. Although some of these "improvements" actually brings catastrophe to many others in the form of war, generally human thrives in insecurity.

For small fries like us, a sense of insecurity will drive us to work harder in order to secure a future. Just don't over react towards the sense of insecurity.