Proverbs and sayings enter our flesh and blood if we were born and raised in Russia. The same is true for those who have long lived in our Fatherland. And, as a rule, people don’t even think about what this or that expression means. We propose to reveal the meaning of one of these, namely: “To be afraid of wolves - do not go to the forest”.
Russian epic
When a Russian person (perhaps not only him) is invited to present something terrible, then he almost always sees a dark forest. Agree that anything can happen in this place.
Remember Russian folk tales: Baba Yaga necessarily lives in a dense forest. Judging by national legends, all the villains live there. Darkness is a sign of anxiety, anxiety, something unkind. The unknown has long frightened people, and therefore they say: “Afraid of the wolves - do not go to the forest,” that is, if you are afraid of the dangers of any risky business, then it’s better not to undertake it at all.
Venedikt Erofeev
If people talk about some complicated business, then the image of a dark forest comes to mind again, and their wolves probably live there. Venedikt Erofeev studied well at school. He probably got along well with classmates, teachers, and even graduated from high school with a gold medal, but he somehow did not succeed in studying at a higher educational institution. He tried several times to get a diploma, but to no avail. And each time, going to the next test, he exhorted himself: "Nothing, nothing, afraid of wolves - do not go into the forest."
Difficult relations with education cast a shadow over the life of the writer. Despite the fact that Venedikt Erofeev earned a gold medal, he at one time still dug channels and worked on low-skilled and poorly paid work. True, it was, one might say, his conscious choice. There are people who are not particularly afraid of life conflicts and defeats. Even if V. Erofeev had been told how the matter (that is, his life) would end, he would have answered well-wishers: "To be afraid of wolves - do not go to the forest."
Adulthood and the proverb about wolves
School years may not be wonderful at all, and, nevertheless, the trials that people go through at this time are unlikely to compare with the difficulties of adulthood.
If anyone does not know, adult life begins when a person pays the bills. He has obligations, and since then fear has haunted him everywhere. The world seems to him a dark forest, and the people around him are wolves, who are just waiting for him to stumble on the road of life to bite him. No wonder the Roman sage said: "Man to man is a wolf."
Of course, first of all, this is true in relation to labor. Especially if a person works in a large company, where the structure itself assumes the availability of ratings and all sorts of indicators, and the worst statistics drop out of the game. Here it is voluntary or involuntary, and the proverb about wolves will come to mind. We hope that now no one has any questions about what the phrase “Wolves be afraid - do not go to the forest” means. We think its meaning is clear.
Remember that there are plenty of dangers in any business, but this is not a reason not to move at all. You need to fearlessly look into the distance and overcome possible life troubles, because rarely anyone lives smoothly. Usually it consists of only bumps, and even segments in it happen infrequently. Even death should not be so afraid, for we die only once. And it’s completely not in our power to know exactly when this will happen, because a person is a “suddenly mortal” creature, but even this should not overshadow our everyday life with its joys. And if death ceases to scare us, then we certainly will not fear the wolves in the darkest forest.
This turned out to be a reflection on the proverb "Wolves to be afraid - do not go to the forest." The story, we hope, was pleasant to the reader.