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DAY 5

Are You Afraid or Scared?

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
— Jack Canfield

The words scared and afraid both deal with fear, but afraid has mean-
ings that scared does not share. Being afraid means feeling fear or appre-
hension, while being scared means being in a state of fear, nervousness,
or panic. In some cases, being afraid or scared are interchangeable on
an emotional level.
Fear is emotion that is triggered in response to a thing or a situa-
tion perceived as a threat to life, health, or anything that is considered

valuable. It can also cause a freeze response. Any perceived threat or
confrontation, fears, is an emotion that is developed through develop-
mental stages of learning cognition.
Scared is an objective word. It could be defined as being afraid,
being frightened. And it could throw you into a state of fear. You could
become nervous or even panicked, unable to act out against the cause
of fear.

Being scared can become a way of being; it’s the opposite of some-
one who is confident and open to the challenges of life.

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