BelovedAngelKat

A list of fears of which I have...a few. XD A [x] Achluophobia - Fear of darkness. [] Acrophobia - Fear of heights. (yet i've always wanted to fly O_o) [] Agliophobia - Fear of pain. [] Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or crowds. [] Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects. [] Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car. [x] Androphobia - Fear of men. [] Anginophobia - Fear of angina or choking. [] Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers. [] Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society. [] Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched. [x] Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders [] Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers. [] Astraphobia - Fear of thunder

At what point in our lives did mediocrity become the typical expression of humanity? When did 'work hard' become, 'work as hard as you feel like'? When did 'trying your best' get slid down to 'try if you want'? I find it almost comical that "At least you tried." has replaced, "Try harder." in the parental arsenal. When did parents give up on their children ever reaching further for what they could reach today? Surely I wasn't around; I think I'd have noticed. Or maybe I wouldn't, another dismissal chalked up to the apathy of humanity. My mother told me that I should reach for my dreams. I believed her. Sometimes 'your best' isn't good enough

"Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence, as opposed to being merely ignorant or uneducated. This quality can be attributed to both an individual himself or his actions, words or beliefs. The term can thus also refer to poor use of judgement, or insensitivity to nuances in a person who is otherwise intelligent." So often, I find myself talking to those around me, and the only viable feeling I get from them is that they are thinking, "Gee, she's stupid." I, as a person who was raised to believe in myself and my own abilities, find it difficult to understand why someone would put down someone elses intell