Hearing of another terrorist plot on U.S. soil uncovered, reminds me of the vedic passage,"Padam padam yad vipadam na tesam," or, roughly translated into English, "In the material world there is danger at every step."
We innately know this at all times, yet when such news surfaces, we feel more vulnerable. The fact is, millions of people ride the transit system in New York every day; if a handful of people are killed, what are the odds it will be you, even if you regularly use the system? Miniscule. That's right. On the other hand, the odds of dying in some way eventually, are 100-percent.
Why are we so afraid of becoming a victim of terrorism when the fact remains that we are already destined to become a victim of the worst result of terrorism, namely death? We don't walk around in fear of that everyday, do we? But the fact also remains that it could come at any time and happen in any way.
I, for one, while a reasonably prudent man, don't want to live the rest of my life in fear. Perhaps Bob Dylan, in his song "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," put it best:
I will not go down under the ground
Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'roundAn' I will not carry myself down to die
When I go to my grave my head will be high,
Let me die in my footsteps
Before I go down under the ground.
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