Fear is Irrational

As the title of this post clearly states fear is irrational. That is not to say that particular fears do not make sense. Many fears are perfectly logical. It is just that the nature of fear is irrational. For example, it makes perfect sense to be afraid of driving. Tons and tons of people die in car crashes each year, or day for that matter. Yet, every day I get into my car and drive to wherever it is I have to go without thinking twice. Put me on a roller coaster though, and it is a different story. Yet how many people die on those? If fear was guided by logic I would be much more afraid of cruising down a road versus cursing down a track.

Where am I going with this?

A girl in my class has decided to organize a "design dive," basically a sky diving trip for our class. Cool right? Well despite the fact I am completely freaked about the idea of jumping out of a plane I kind of want to go. I mean how cool would it be for me to be able to say I went sky diving? My parents on the other hand find the whole thing a lot less cool. Basically they are not liking this idea, and not letting me go. Yet, they are all sunshines and smiles when I talk about moving to Israel. It's funny because I have a feeling if Julie (sky diving girl) or almost any other classmate of mine told their parents they were moving to the "war zone" that is Israel they would get the reaction my parents gave to sky diving.

It is just funny how different people look at things, but I guess that is what makes the world go round.