THINK ONCE MORE-17
On the first of January 1963, my mother gave birth to twins
myself and fear ( Hobbes) and since that eventful day, my
twin brother is chasing me like a shadow and has become
my constant companion in moments of joy and sorrow,
plenty and poverty. Whatever I do wherever I go I always
find my faithful brother behind me, guiding and misguiding
me and making a hell of my life. Fear and apprehension are
like blood suckling vampires which take away the juice of
man's life and makes it awfully miserable. We live in fear of
losing something we have and in the apprehension of not
being able to have those things which we long for and
cherish the most. Fear is a psychic state of mind which
always keeps a man on his toes and never allows him to
lead a normal life. In the midst of affluence, the fear of
losing the same haunts him and in his not so good days, the
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