I watched a movie the other night about terrorism and it got me thinking about the causes that lead people and organizations to follow such act. Is it a retaliation to an incident that had occurred, is it a shout for a cause forcing others to listen or is it an act of power to show the world who is in control. Terrorism is derived from the word terror the very same concept that causes people to surrender to their inner fear. When one is being terrorized he either gives in or retaliates back causing a chain of reactions. Thus, this chain of fear and terror imposed upon one will move among societies leading them to an attack or defense position. Either way they will always be on the verge to react to whatever may cause a threat to their own security.

When we were young, we tried to impose our words and demands against our parents. We would fight back if we were told to finish a certain chore or if we were not allowed to go out with friends. We thought of ways of manipulations to get what we wanted. Some were merely innocent tactics but others were just brutally selfish. But at the end of the day, we got what we wanted. This may sound trivial but the concept behind going to extremes to get what you want is dangerous. It allows the person to look at ways to enforce his voice and demands among others, just so he can get his way around and prove to others who is in control.

But why use fear and terror to achieve your goal? Going back again to our childhood, we discover that we had lived under the rules and regulations forced upon us by our parents because they were in control and had the upper voice. We were told as kids that we had to obey them, because that was the norm and that the youngsters should listen to the elders. We feared of being grounded and punished if we disobeyed them, so we gave in to their demands. This fear was due to the lack of communication and understanding between both parent and the kids. If the parent listened, understood their kids’ demands, and tried to achieve a mutual compromise, the fear and anger inside the kids would have dissolved thus leading them to be less aggressive and easing off many misunderstandings. Instead, we witnessed many parents trying to impose their own rules and threats upon their kids out of fear over them, while kids had no clear notion as to why they had to apply them. School did not help much either because the same approach of control was applied. Once again, the teacher had the upper voice, thus having the full control to make whatever rules and regulations he/she desired. And once again, the students had to give in to these rules and abide by them. Until one day, they decide they had enough of these rules and refuse to follow them, while thinking of ways to put an end to them through rebellious actions that seemed available and convenient at the time.

Therefore, from childhood experience we can predict that the control put upon us as kids aided in building up negative reactions to our inner personality. The notion of power and having the upper voice was relived in one’s subconscious thus making one to believe that in order to be heard one had to be in full control. There was an unhidden feeling that everything was done and achieved using power. Thus, one tried as he grew up, to achieve that power status using many means of manipulations and tactics possible, and if his demands were not fulfilled, he tried to search for other possible channels to achieve it whether it was valid or not. The thing is, the victory that one witnessed when his plans were being achieved gave him a sense of super ego and that he was undefeatable and can rule the world. But subconsciously it was retaliation to the times he had unwillingly surrendered to his parent and teacher’s demands during his childhood days. It was also a strike against the weakness he felt when he was unable to defend his own thoughts and views just because he was small and vulnerable.

So once again, time passes by but the terror imposed on the individual still carries on. It starts from childhood and moves on as u grow up in age. Some can handle it in a positive manner and turning it to an advantage while others will try to erase that spot from their life through retaliation and the misuse of power. Whichever way you decide to pursue your life will determine the sequence of events that will follow. But to be able to handle the terror raised inside us one should always start from his own home, because through our homes and the concept of mutual understanding one can achieve stability. Life is a coin and you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once. It is the only coin we have and only we can determine how it will be spent.