Don’t let fear control you. When you live your life in fear, you are giving fear the power to affect you.
Think about it this way:
If you live a fear-filled life, you may be safer overall, but when something bad happens, you will be more negatively affected, traumatized, by this scary event. However, if you are fearless, when bad things happen, you will be less affected because you are not afraid.
Bad things will happen, regardless of being fearful or fearless. It is the fear that creates the long-term adverse effects. So, be fearless.