Members of the northern Natal tribes of South African greet one another daily by saying “Sawa bona”, which literally means: “I see you.” The response is “Sikhona” which means: “I am here”. This exchange is important, for it denotes that ‘until you ‘see’ me, I do not exist; and when you ‘see’ me, you bring me into existence. Members of these tribes go about their

Wikipedia:  Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous and likely to cause pain or a threat.  It is the likelihood of something unwelcoming happening. It is doable to flip from being in perpetual fear to profound love as your default state of being.  You can say NO to fear.  You can say YES to something else. Fear

As a civilization we’ve been here before. History is replete with forebodings of the approaching “end of times”. Most recently it was to happen in 1984 and later at the turn of the century.  It is as though we want something to happen – a new thing – an epic drama in which we are active participants through our own creation and anticipation.  And at