Blog 4: Difference between Fear and Respect

Difference between Fear and Respect:

          Fear is a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the existence of danger. It is the disturbance that occurs when danger is around or when you experience jeopardy. Fear is a negative emotional state which itself is the state of mind.

            Respect means a lot of different things for different people. It includes taking someone’s feeling, needs, thoughts, ideas, wishes and preferences into consideration. It also means taking all of these seriously and giving them worth and value.

            From the definitions above, it is now clear that fear and respect are not related to each other in any terms. However, these terms are somehow merged together when a man intimidates people and think that he has great respect among the people which actually is fear that has been fully-fledged inside the people, else no way to relate them.

            Going back in time, we can see that respect played an important role in survival. If we think of a small tribe wandering in the desert we can imagine that the person who is not respected by anyone could be left behind and die as such kind of person is considered to be worthless, valueless and having not any importance of his/her existence. Respect seems to be a boomerang in the sense that you must first send it out if you really want it back. As much as you show respect as much you gain it which sure will be a key factor for the successful life.

            Fear is one of the strongest emotions for every human being. Like love or hate it can distort our mind, causing us not to think and act logically in different circumstances. Fear has many consequences and it may send us to the dark path. It stifles our thinking and actions as it creates indecisiveness which ultimately results in stagnation. Fear may also lead people to the destructive habits like drug abuse and alcohols. It makes our life stressful and doubtful. To avoid these consequences all we need to do is we need to stop our mind being distracted by fear if not then it sure will push or life to darker part.