If you try to be honest with yourself and examine the past years objectively, you might come to the same conclusion. You might have had some financial success or even have fallen in love with the person you have always been waiting for. Maybe you are one of the lucky ones and emotional stress and financial burdens do not play a big role in your life. But most of the time one problem replaces another.

For instance not having enough money usually creates as many worries as having more than you need. Being "burdened" by excess financial resources means to finding proper investment strategies. In a growing but unstable local economy and world market that can be quite challenging and often takes up a substantial amount of time. And even when you have created a portfolio that suits your needs, there is the matter of maintaining it properly and even that does not give you any insurance that your money is still going to be there the next day.Surely at this point I am not solving any mysteries or telling you anything you do not already know.

That leaves us with the original question. Why is it, then, that no matter how fulfilled or unfulfilled, exciting or boring, stressful or relaxing our lives are, there always remains that magical place in the far corner of our existence, filled with anxiety and fear? Some of us might not recognize it, others might be able to ignore it. But for many people it becomes the driving force of their lives. In my opinion these feelings result from a realization that we are not able to control everything that is going on in our lives. We have to admit to ourselves that we are not strong enough, that we do not posses enough power and vision to understand our existence completely and therefore much that will happen to us is left to chance.