People and being "afraid"...

So I figured, since i have to do this blogging stuff as a grade... I might as well blog about the things that goes on in my mind. I'm not talking about any psycho crazy killing stuff... but that serious thinking type stuff, like Why DID the chicken cross the road... or why do people act certain ways and do certain things. Why are so many people "fake", why are so many people afraid to be them selves, why do they follow others rather then doing their own thing? I figured, like i said, that people are just scared... afraid to do them, they're afraid to say whats on their mind and speak truth on things; They'd rather just go with the flow of things instead of making a flow them selves. They probably feel as if things would be easier to just travel the path that's already been traveled. People just seem to do things no-a-days to "fit in" or be "accepted". You have to be bold and different to get anywhere in life, no actually, you just have to be you, and not worry about others.
Another thing ive noticed with some people, is how they are afraid of change... or trying new things. Those people who, in the past have been hurt and always holds on to that pain because they're to0 afraid to try again. Maybe someone was in bad relationships in the past and because those went wrong they're afraid to give the next person a chance, even if that person could be something great to them. Once I saw this poster on a while and it read: "If you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.", and I thought about people who really want things or want things to change but they're too afraid to change things or change their lives around. If you want change, you cant sit around doing the same thing you've been doing in the past... if you do the same thing you're always going to get the same thing. If you keep dating "McA-holes", then try talking to new people, If you keep running into that chair...then try walking a different direction, etc etc. You get my point.
Lastly, I think the reason why many people are afraid of change, trying new things, being them selves, and anything else you could be afraid of... is because they're afraid of failure. I know I've been afraid of failure plenty of times. But I've never let that fear of not succeeded keep me from things. If you fail, go back look where you messed up at or what you could've done better and try again. Dont ever just quit, Stop being afraid of things. Letting your fears get the best of you actually brings the worst of you. That's probably why the chicken can never really cross the road in life, it was to afraid...