Fear: Is It Good?

I believe that people get to know their true self when they are in fear. When I was boarding the plane from JFK to San Francisco, I saw two terrifying men with suspicious backpacks. They looked like monsters with two bombs strapped to their chest. To make matters worse, they asked how strong the plane’s metal was. When I heard those words, it was as if the devil was boarding the plane. At that moment, I had the realization of what I want to do in life. When I thought about what were to happen if this plane did get hijacked, I realized I would do something about it. I thought that if I was going to go down, I might as well go down fighting. I realized that what I want to do in life is do something that matters. I thought about what it would be like telling an inspiring story to young people in the future. I realized I just want to be important.

I have always wondered what the meaning of life is, and now that I have experienced true fear of death, I now think I know mine. If you don’t make a difference in the world, what’s the point of living? I know that all of the songs now are about living in the moment, such as “YOLO” and “Good Time”; I assume people misinterpret this. I believe it means to make something of yourself, but people think it means to do something idiotic because you only get one chance at life. I believe that these lyrics are what make America stupid. Kids are the future, and if they are out being idiots, we won’t have a future as a society. If you realize that you only have one chance at life, wouldn’t you want to do something useful with it?

When I’m scared, I always realize something important. Sometimes I realize what my new role in my family is. In some situations, I am the instigator; other times I am the peacemaker. When people get scared, they assume the worst, and forget the best. If you put a man in fear, he would think about the things that he always puts off; because he thinks his life has a possibility of ending, and nobody wants to die in regret of not doing something. A human’s thinking capacity expands when they feel fear. Nobody likes fear, but sometimes it helps with difficult topics that are happening in your life.

The realization of something huge in your life can be scary, or relieving. I am now confident that if I try my hardest in everything I do, somehow things will work out for me. Whenever I’m in school and someone asks, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I am always dumbfounded and frustratingly respond with a quiet I don’t know. Now that I have realized my goal in life, I can respond with a confident, “I want to be important.”