Our fears can be triggered by real threats and by memories of threats. Humans find it challenging to unlearn fears. Thus when we realise that we are scared we must ask ourselves how real the threat is or if we have begun to generalise fear and seek evidence to cement it rather than challenge it. To remain well balanced and with good perspective we must always remain willing to ask ourselves these difficult questions, hone into our true emotions and see people as they really are. The prize for doing all this right is a well functioning society, the punishment for getting it wrong is run-away-paranoia. The former makes friendships, the latter makes enemies whom could have been friends. That said, if after analysis you find the threat to have real force and impact, take action to protect yourself, to protect those you love and call in allies to provide support. In summary, fears can be real, ghosts of real fears, or entirely imagined. It takes courage to figure out your own fears, to f

Thomas sat still, listening to the woman there as she complained of the things that his wife had done. He wished he could have been surprised, but he knew more than half of what she had said was the truth. He let in a deep sigh, then scratched his head. "What about you?" He heard a voice say, and then with time, he began to process it to be the woman's voice. "What about you?" She asked again, "what did she do to you? I mean you're her husband after all, what can she possibly do to you?" She asked, thinking of what could have possibly happened. Thomas didn't know where to start from, but he decided to begin with the fact that his wife had lied to him. "She told me about you, Pedro Alonzo." He began his tale. "She did tell me that you're a rich man who was supposed to help and save us all. And the way you would do that was by getting married to my daughter, Doris Castiel. And I was truly grateful because we are in a financial mess right now." He said, and they both listened." But the

"Then once we have found a way to talk to them both, this is bringing me down to our next agenda." Nathan said, and Doris listened attentively. "Manuel has a sister. You see, right from the beginning, all of his riches and wealth was meant to be for her. Because his father willed everything down to her all because she was loved and cherished by him. And then, Manuel... well we don't actually know the full tale." He paused, wondering what the actual tale might have been. "But the story I heard from Trevor, and as well as other people, they said that he pushed the woman down from a tall building and it knocked her into a coma. That she has been there in a coma for years. And no one knows exactly where she is now," "Oh but we can't be sure if she survived the fall or not." Doris said, "that's a bit sad actually." "It would have been actually, except she had a son!" This brought the expression on Doris face to grow wide and bright. "Yes." Nathan said wholeheartedly. "And this leads me

Isla had been alone in her room when her father came down. She was lost in thoughts, wondering what was right and wrong. "Nothing is ever free, is it, daddy?" She asked the moment she saw him. "Everything you ever give me is a debt, "remember who gave that to you, remember I did that for you." Every conversation is a subtle competition you are never prepared to loose, for even the smallest of infractions can bring on your anger. You take all the love I give you like it is your right to have it, and in return show only the most superficial of understanding. You dominate me, hurt me, wage war, when all I only ever wanted was love, understanding, peace."After your tantrums you make me work for your affection all over again, make me beg, taking my self esteem and burning it to ashes. I need your "permission" to be friends with people, you get antagonistic if I laugh too much. Is happiness offensive to you? Am I only allowed a certain quota before you drag me down once more?"In conversa

The painful love comes in two varieties, the good and the bad. For there can be pain in separation from your true love. Yet when it is good the separation builds you both stronger as individuals and as a couple, as partners in all you do. For in these moments of pain is the truth of what you are to one another. Such separation can be the golden ticket to realising that you are soulmates, the forever person of one another. The bad kind of painful love is when one partner is emotionally cold. They want the relationship and perhaps cling to it, even fight for it, but in truth they always put themselves first and are incapable if being the hero the loving partner deserves. As such, until separation, the loving and empathic partner is in pain, most often confused as to why this love hurts and feeling that love is difficult. Their pain comes because they aren't loved, they are consumed by the other. At some deep level they realise that if they stop the endless one-sided giving and support t