I remember being in the conveience store part of a gas station. I was ready to check out when a little boy, probably six years, came running into the store very scared and almost crying.
The little boy said, "He said he is going to spit on me"!!!!
The store owner said, "Well, we're not afraid of him".
The owner of the store went and opened the store door and looked out.
Sure enough, there was a much bigger boy waiting on a bycycle.
The older boy took one look at the store owner and rode away.
What this writing is about is to convey how "intimidation" and "fear" are interlocked.
The litle boy was intimidated by the size of the bigger boy.
The bigger boy was intimidated by the sight of the store owner protecting the little boy.
I think "intimidation" happens when the other person is overpowered or afraid of harm.
And sometimes is happens because the other person already feels inferior to others and is an easy target for being intimidated.
I think that store owner taught the little boy a lesson when he said, "Well, we're not afraid of him."
Maybe that expression "facing our fears" helps during times of intimidation and can unlock the setting of intimidation and release us from the feeling of inferiority.
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