Fear

Rejection.

It is such an immense fear, one that we all have.  I don't believe you if you say you do not fear rejection.
It is such a damaging, destructive feeling/emotion, if you let it rule you.

My life was ruled by fear, fear of rejection amongst other things.  It was a pressurised container of a life.  So much fear, the fear of life itself outside of what I was experiencing and knew.

Liberation.

Denying your fear is not the way to go.  If you deny something you cannot own it.  You've got to own your feelings, they don't belong to anyone else.  Accept the fear is yours, hold it, look straight at it. Know it.  Understanding something makes it less "scary".

Hold it.
Own it.
Know it.
Say "Not today".