Just A Thought ~ RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL

"As children tremble and fear everything in the darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror..."

~ Lucretius, Roman Poet and Author, c 96 – 55 BCE, On the Nature of Things ~

Certainly, there are things to be feared, now as then, but many of our fears are irrational, born of ignorance, and we outgrow them as our knowledge and understanding expand. The world is still beset with deep-rooted superstitions, however, that have been with us a long time, and will be with us for a long time to come; this is why we have to struggle against them.