Being fearless versus learning to control your fears?

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Being fearless is about owing your insecurities and be strong either way. Having control of our fears is trying to move pass them, accept them and try to live without letting your fears take the best of you.
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Becoming fearless is learning to control your fears. You learn to control your reaction to them, if they're no longer control you, congratulations you're fearless. If they still control you, then you still need to learn to become fearless
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*Not being afraid means that you are going to do things that could be dangerous for yourself and you go straight ahead as if it doesn't matter, instead learning to control noise means that you can be afraid in some situation and despite that you are cautious Knowing that you can get over it.
*No, not everyone can be really reckless, there are very few people who would dare to do anything.
*I think that Tris refers to the fact that there are different points of view, depending on which one you look at is that you have a particular panorama, it depends on how you see it in your mind, you are going to face it or not.
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I don't think any human should think of themselves as invincible, and having no fears might make them think just that. But a person who has fears but also has the strength to work through them is of commendable character.
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Having no fears never allows you the opportunity to be brave. Overcoming your fears defines bravery, so I think it's definitely the better option.
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Fearless is not the absence of fear but bravery despite it. It is how we choose to fight over our fears and not succumb to it.
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Post by Sunday Onuorah »

I think Tris means that half of bravery is the way you look at things. Also I don't think there is a such thing as being fearless, whether it be fear of public speaking or fear of heights you're always going to be fearful of something.
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