On Being Afraid I can honestly say that I am not a scardery cat, it isn't in my nature. In life there are the careful people who, if a large fire breathing Dragon pitched up in their garden, breathing fire, would stay indoors, get the water buckets out and ring for the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance just incase. They would be very quiet and probably hide under the table. I am the opposite, I am the Dragon Slayer, I would in all probability, march out and demand to know what the Dragon was doing in my garden, lecture it on the dangers of fire breathing near houses and tell it, very assertively to F Off. I would have no plan A or Plan B for that matter, but I would have an underlying and absolute faith in my ability to succeed. I have no fail factor built into my psyche. It has landed me in trouble more than a few times and I have, at times, said to myself, walk away from the drama. But, I also have that little voice in my ear that says, go on, take it on, you know