What an anxious, fearful, risk-averse culture we've become (a short list, by way of example: child-raising, dating, crime, terrorism ...), and while I think it's all so much hoo-ha that we will bitterly regret in old age (so much wasted time, energy, opportunity ...), even I have to admit to the mental distress that comes with losing (again, a short list: cards, horses, women ...).
This illo is on scratchboard.
IFN: What are you afraid of?