Fear It

Today, Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about becoming bilingual and the vision necessary for such a journey.  He includes in his post a French video where Jacques Brei stresses the importance of fear.  Brei seems extreme in his belief the fear is crucial to success, but Brei's perspective is a useful balance to our usual avoidance of fear.  He says this: 

…a man who has no fear is not a man.  It is important to accept your fear…if someone says he has no fear, he is insane...Living without fear is not living.  You’d better be dead.