This reminds me of the definition of bravery, too.

(Wildly paraphrased) Fear is important. It keeps us alive. True bravery, though, is being fully aware of that fear and not letting it stop you from doing what’s right.

There’s a lovely quote by Rebecca Solnit, “to hope is to accept despair as an emotion but not as an analysis. To recognize that what is unlikely is possible, just as what likely is not inevitable.”

Positive Nihilism: Nothing matters and therefore everything does