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You Should Still Go: Don't Let Fear Rule Your Life

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Three mass shootings occurred in the last week in America and it's starting to feel to many people like nowhere is safe. "I'll hunker down at home," they say. "I won't go to Wal-Mart," they vow. "I'm going to homeschool my children," they decide.

And right now, that might feel like the safest choice. After all…

You can't even go get school supplies at Wal-Mart without getting shot at.

You can't go out for a drink without getting shot at.

You can't go to work without getting shot at.

You can't go to a concert without getting shot at.

You can't go to school without getting shot at.

You can't even go to church or mosques or synagogues without getting shot at.

You can't go to a festival without getting shot at.

You can't go to the movies without getting shot at.

I could keep on going with that list of seemingly innocuous activities where people died. What the heck is this world coming to when these ordinary activities can turn into life or death situations? It's enough to make you wonder if you should just stay home.

I don't think you should just stay at home.

Unless your home is truly the only place you want to be, you shouldn't let fear hold you captive. And that's what I'm reading a whole lot right now. People are talking about never going to Wal-Mart again or never going to the sites of other shootings again.

And that is letting fear win. That's letting these little terrorist punks have the last laugh. I, for one, simply refuse to do that, and I've written about it before.

If I stop going to concerts or movie theaters or festivals in the park because it might get blown up or shot up, isn't that letting the terrorists win? I will do my very best to be alert and situationally aware, but by gosh, I'm not going to sit at home out of fear. I'm not going to convince myself that home or my small town or my country are the only places that I can be safe.

Why make your world small because of those people?…

…Just remember: bad things can happen at your local Piggly Wiggly when you're there picking up a bag of potatoes. It can happen at a gas station when you stop to fill up. It can happen at your child's piano recital. It can (and has more and more recently) happen at your place of worship.

Bad things can happen anywhere. And you need to be aware of this.

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