Fear

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." - Dorothy Thompson

"You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

One of my friends posted as their status message something like "If you are scared to do something, it means you need to do it."

When thinking about bungee jumping or swimming with sharks or playing with poisonous insects, the quote is extraordinarily stupid.

But in another sense, if you think about your fear to speak your mind, stand up for what you believe in, and fight for it. Definitely. You should do anything you're scared to do.

Lots of fear doesn't come from the act itself, but of he effects of it. What is people make fun of me? What if they don't agree with me? What if they stop being my friend?

Exactly how important something is to you is how you fight for it.