
This I Believe, Fear Is What Makes me Human
By Valeria

I believe fear is what makes me human. I believe that fear is what makes me,me. I believe that fear is what makes humans stand out from the other species in the world. I believe fear is one of my motivator. Without, my fears I would not be me. I would not be the person I am at this very moment. 
My fear is my personality and without it I would be just like a blank piece of paper. My fears always seem to change as I get older they always get worse as I grow. People say fear can always be overcome but can they really,be overcome don’t they just make new ones to worry about.My personality consists of what I think to be, is  being braver than I am, trying hard and occasionally a good attitude.This wouldn’t  be true without they experience that I have had with fear.
Ever since, I was little I have  always been afraid of something. I would always find ways to be scared. If it was not the monster under my bed it was the dark closet where ghost howled,but the one fear that I have manage to be afraid all throughout my life is the fear of a  small little doll wearing blue and red overalls. I do not know why this short red haired doll is such a nightmare to me, maybe it’s because I developed this fear at a young age or maybe it something psychological. I can remember watching this monster of a doll hurt innocent people. I remember silently watching the movie with my brother not thinking twice about that doll, but that night as I fell asleep with my plush brown bear the images of that horrid doll kept flashing through my mind whosh,whosh. I felt paralyzed in my dreamland wanting to wake up, wanting to scream for help but being to scared to move. I felt  if I had moved from my bed  that all my nightmares would pour out into my reality. I never overcame this fear.  My brother would always ask me” Val why are you so scared it isn’t real it’s just a movie.” I was never able to come up with that answer.
With my fears, I became more cautious I learned from my fear and I took the emotions that I had and made into something more productive something more useful than being frightened. I would say” I can be better I can use how I feel.”What I have learned is that humans that have fear are separated into two categories the one’s who let their fear consume their everyday lives and those who face their fears and are better for it. I have yet to make a decision. I still let my terror get the best of me. I believe that even having this choice separates us from all the other species in the world
What I have also learned is that fear can not just be an emotion it can be a motivator. Fear itself is one of my major motivator. Fear of failure,fear of getting bad grades, fear of change. This one emotion has been an enormous motivator for me to have a better life. It’s also what makes up my personality.
	Though I have flaws on how I deal with my fear I still believe that fear is needed. It is what makes my personality,and it is what makes want to be better in life.


Valeria Ortega - Student