That's a question that's I found very interesting, while reading "Who Moved My Cheese" .
I think that being afraid is a nature that we're "Humans" created with, and is a key reason behind us being cautious in our daily life behavior.
If I am afraid to lose special ones, I'll care for them, be very cautious not to upset them.
If I am afraid to fail, I'll work harder.
If I am afraid to go to hell, I'll be less evil
But this does not mean that being afraid of something is the only motive behind all of our acts and deeds
We may say that it's a complementary motive, for example, I need to feel successful, and I don't want want to lose that feeling, so I am afraid to lose that feeling that may make me happy.
But, of course this has nothing to do with the passive fear, that may hinder us from moving some steps forward in our lives, and that's what's called "Resist to change", people are afraid that may be the new opportunity will be less comfortable then the one they have in hands, and may have it's problems that they know nothing of.
May be at times, also, we're happy with the risk we took earlier, that was the cause of a better condition now, and we wished to took that risk earlier even.
So, the point is that we must accept that life will not be going smoothly all the time. I sometimes talk to myself, ok... if that didn't work no problem, I'm just trying and figuring out my way, I may find it after a long period of time, but of course, making some wrong decisions is what give us experience in life.
What I belive too is that if I weren't afraid at times in my life, I'd have done better. Also being afraid to lose something precious to me, makes me blind to see some facts, and unable just to imagine the idea of losing it, so that makes me too weak to accept the way things may progress.
