People around the world were polled about their greatest fear. They were asked if they were more afraid of being alone, going broke, losing their looks, or speaking in public. This month's Readers Digest summarized the results. People in nine out of the sixteen countries polled chose loneliness as their greatest fear. More people in the U.S. and six other countries chose going broke as their greatest fear.
Maybe the fact that Americans fear going without money more than we fear going without other humans exposes us. Six of the seven countries that listed going broke as their greatest fear are "highly industrialized". Isn't that interesting? Those of us who have money are most fearful of losing it. Maybe people who don't have any money anyway are wiser; they know that being penniless isn't the worst thing that could happen.
The poll did not ask people if they ever feel fearful. It assumed that they do. I suppose that the experience of fear is universal. Only the degree of fear or what triggers our fear varies.
I'm curious. How about you? What are you afraid of?
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