From the song 'Step By Step' by Whitney Houston:
(#5 in Life Lessons's 2013 Top Ten Song List, http://lifelessonsforall.com/2013TopList.html)

Well there's a bridge and there's a river that I still must cross,
As I'm going on my journey,
Oh, I might be lost.

And there's a road I have to follow, a place I have to go,
Well no-one told me just how to get there,
But when I get there I'll know,
'Cause I'm taking it

Step by step, bit by bit,
Stone by stone, brick by brick,
Step by step, day by day,
Mile by mile.

And this old road is rough and ruined,
So many dangers along the way,
So many burdens might fall upon me,
So many troubles that I have to face.

Oh, but I won't let my spirit fail me,
Oh, I won't let my spirit go,
Until I get to my destination,
I'm gonna take it slowly because I'm making it mine

Step by step, bit by bit,
Stone by stone, brick by brick,
Step by step, day by day,
Mile by mile, go your own way.




https://youtu.be/sWa5vE4MUpU

"Here's some useful ways I have found so far [to overcome fear].
1. Taking small steps...
2. Getting some concrete, positive motivation...
3. Seeing failure and rejection in a new light...
4. Being in the now...
5. Redefining you, me and reality..."
- Henrik Edberg, 5 life-changing keys to overcoming your fear,
http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/02/22/5-life-changing-keys-to-overcoming-your-fear/

Do you respond to fear/danger as animals do?

"The findings suggest that, despite our sophisticated mental capabilities, our responses are in fact driven by these more primitive processes when in danger.
Lead author, Professor Ian McLaren of the University of Exeter, said: 'This research clearly shows that, in these circumstances, our reaction to a fear-provoking stimulus depends on a primitive response caused by associative learning. This is something we share with other animals."
- Daily Mail.com
Read more at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2088436/Eeek-Human-response-fear-like-animals-thought.html#ixzz3amNYtyGo

In situations of fear, as in the movie 'Independence Day', do you declare:
I will not go quietly into the night
I will not vanish without a fight...?

https://youtu.be/f-beyMTEBys

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
- Amelia Earhart

"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"
- George S. Patton

"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."
- Sun Tzu