What fear can teach us.

My biggest fear when I was young? The bwki-bo's under my bed and the little devils under the stairs.
My biggest fear as a 19 year old adult? Growing up.
After listening to this inspiring talk; fear can teach us many things, we must overcome the obstacle of fear in order to move on; although a part of it will constantly be there in life. My question is, where does a fear come from? Do other people’s stories and fears influence our own or have they always been present in the back of our mind. I think of my fears and as a child, I was scared of little devils under my stairs running after me when the lights were turned off, this was just imagery in my head and the thought of devils living beneath us. As I’ve grown up a part of me still believes in the devils although I know they were my imagination, but imagine if someone never grew out of a fear and it stayed with them throughout life.
Many translate fear as a weakness; a fear of heights may make someone unable to fly in an aeroplane or to go on a roller coaster. Therefore this fear could be linked to weakness something that can change your life, stop you from doing the things you once dreamed of, such as a sky dive, in our minds we imagine not all the things that could go right- but all the possible failures of a sky dive and this may stop you from doing something.
My advice- find your fear and find a way to conquer it.