Is fear the beginning of wisdom??

Not if the fear is in the wrong place.

Some things are okay to fear to a degree ...not to paralyze your every activity, but to to avoid being careless.

Other things are not healthy to fear at all.

And some things are not so much a fear ...but rather an avoidance of what is uncomfortable.  I'm not talking about violence or abuse.  We should not have to fear reporting that ...but if we have in the past, and the authorities have failed to do anything about it, then that would be a real fear.

But, some people fear to get out of bed in the morning ...and perhaps should confront that fear.  Sometimes the first step is the most difficult, yet that should not deter us from venturing beyond the comfort zone.  yes, there are fears ...and there are those who just don't want to do that which they have no desire to do.