The old book by Susan Jeffers – Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – fear is not necessarily a bad thing – but you need to embrace it;  make friends with it; acknowledge it – and move on.  Matthew McConaughey in Greenlights talks about being aware of feelings and events that might just be yellow lights (not red lights) – that just need you to pump the breaks – look both ways and then safely proceed.  Fear is like that.  We tend to always see fear as a red light when maybe it’s just an opportunity to hit pause, look around, weigh your options – then merge safely back into the flow!