The cost of closing off fear—trying to isolate your experience of fear and not feel it—is that you close off to the rest of your capacity to feel other things. You cannot selectively shut down fear and expect not to shut down your capacity for joy, happiness, or love.

That’s it, right there: your relationship to fear, is your relationship to your life. If you are avoiding fear, I guarantee you that you are avoiding life.

We can't get rid of fear, although a lot of people will spend so much time trying to get rid of it. You have to practice and become a fear ninja because fear will not go away.

Trusting the process is tough—but it’s not bullshit. Sometimes when it’s difficult we want to give up entirely, even when that’s the last thing that we should do. Here’s how to step deeper into truly trusting the process when things are uncertain.