Fear is a symptom...
It's a symptom that we are doing something that can change things, that can make things better.
It's a symptom that we are creating tension, we are initiating something that people might not have been expecting us to, that we are upending the order of the way things are.
It's a symptom that has its sure shot signs: Everything else starts seeming more important and urgent. We are afraid of offending someone or everyone. We want to do anything, anything else but this.
The more we embrace that fear is a symptom, the more we can start using it as a compass. The more we can start doing things that matter.
Fear is not going to go away. Neither are we.
Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do.
~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art