Wonderful article @Luppers, congratulations and thanks by share it with us.
As you have told us, fear make us prisoners of situations that probably never happen.
Using a simile, fear is a straitjacket that immobilizes us, which prevents us from taking amazing options that life offers us.
I believe that it is fundamental to have a positive attitude towards life, to have clear in our mind the vision of where we want to go and that despite the difficulties we do not give up on our dreams.