From time to time we have each rejected fear with counterphobic responses that fly in the face of fear hoping that our conquest will be our liberation. As we grow and change, we move beyond our initial responses, no matter how effective or ineffective they have been. This instinct is centered in the amygdala gland within the limbic brain. It is electromagnetic. It is chemical.
Fear is biological, and it is natural.
Often the first teacher we come across in infancy and throughout the evolving phases of life, fear is also an expedient teacher. There are some lessons in life best learned as fast as possible. Beyond teaching, our fears can motivate us to change and to grow. If necessity is the mother of invention, then certainly fear is the father. It is also a constant companion of success looming at the boundaries and periphery, reminding us of where we have been and to where we are going.