1.
To live without fear is to live in fortunate times.
Fortunate times, like comets, are rare events.
Therefore, fear is commonplace.
2.
Every sentient creature knows fear.
Therefore, you are not alone in the fear that you feel.
3.
To know that you are not alone in your fear
puts your fear in perspective.
4.
To deny fear when fear is warranted is to live foolishly.
To deny fear when fear is warranted is to deny reality.
5.
To live in fear is to deny the possibilities of life.
6.
The denial of reality is a separation from the world.
Separation is a cause of anxiety.
Anxiety is one source of fear.
Therefore, to control fear recognize reality for what it is.
7.
The changes of nature are inevitable.
Accept them for what they.
8.
The leaves change.
The leaves fall.
The leaves return once more.
9.
Everyone will know loss.
Not to accept loss is to deny the inevitable.
10.
Nature has no mind; nature has no heart.
It isn't sentimental.
Natural disasters befall individuals through no fault of their own.
11.
To accept death is to accept humanity.
12.
To accept that you are human is to accept that you are part of the natural world.