December 27, 2022 – Food for the Soul

How do You Overcome Fear?

I have always had a fear of spiders because of how they look. They just scare me stuff. I have a severe phobia of spiders called arachnophobia. I have never liked them. I actually got bit by a spider when I was 16 years old by a brown spider. It didn’t really bother me, but it was frustrating and frightening. I don’t rightly know if I will ever get over this fear of spiders. Their eyes are everywhere; they make me feel like they are watching my every move. One day, I would not go in my house because there were a big yellow, black, and gray spider with long legs on the outside of my window, next to my front door. My feet would not move. All I could do was call my daughter and I had her to go in the kitchen and get her father to come and kill it so I could come in the house. I was not about to walk past it, it looked like it was looking right at me to attack me. All my daughter could do was laugh at me. It was funny though how it all happened. I don’t care how small, or how large they are, or whether they are inside, or outside, I will not go near them, I will call my husband to come kill them. I feel the same way about scorpions, and lizards, but not the green lizards, or the chameleons, they are alright, but the others with the black stripes on their backs, I detest them. I hit one trying to kill it, and it split in half. On two legs, it ran under my house, and the other half, I killed it to stop it from growing again. That’s called regeneration. Snakes, I severely dislike them, especially the poisonous snakes, such as Rattlers. When I was 14, I almost got bit by a Rattlesnake. I didn’t see it, but my uncle did and he killed it with a 2×4 beam. The stories I could tell about all of the things I have that are phobias in my life.

Getting over those fears are going to take lots of time. It is going to take studying about the things that causes me do fear them. I never thought I would be afraid of things like that, but I guess it is a part of life. I am quite sure there are other things that I may have phobias about, but until I find out about them, I am not going to worry about it. I am going to be happy and live my life without being fearful of things. I am a work in progress though, but I will be alright. Just talking about this puts a smile on my face, this hasn’t happened in a long time. I am just happy that I can share some of my fears. I am quite sure I am not the only one who has phobias. If you have phobias, share them, it will ease some of the tension. I feel better already. How about you?

Until next time, I hope your Christmas was beautiful. I hope you had a wonderful time with friends and family. New Years is just around the corner! It is so funny how this year just flew right on by. I hope in the coming year everyone is blessed abundantly, running over with many blessings. God bless everyone. As always, thank you for spreading this year with me and Food for the Soul. c. 2022 L.A.