when i was little and i went to church people would talk about “fearing god.” they would use ‘’fear’ to describe like a way of respecting him while understanding his power and i never knew what that meant until i met a fucking horse
This… went in a completely different direction than I thought.
Horses will do that too - go in a completely different direction than what you thought. It’s one of the reasons they’re feared.
Shitposting aside, part of my recovery from being a reddit atheist has been relearning how to be reverent without being religious or even spiritual. This same fear is what I get when I see a storm, a raging river, or a large wild animal. It’s a very healthy recognition and connection to the natural world

















