“Fear is just in your mind, and you can conquer it if you want to.” “How?” I asked him tearfully. “You chose not to be afraid.” I didn’t understand what he meant. How can you choose not to be afraid? Fear is fear, and it grips you whether or not you want it to. But I understood now that even if fear grips you hard, only you can give it power over you. All you had to do was choose.”