What is fear?

I read some words this morning from my friend, J-R, on fear: "Is there a real source of fear? No. Is there a real fear? Yes. It is inside you and you are the creator of it. You give birth to your own fear. Under the fear, however, is life which allows you to create or communicate whatever you want. This is the unconditional loving of Spirit, allowing you to communicate and do whatever you choose, with your body, emotions and mind."

The whole other idea of Fantasies Expectations Appearing Real also brings it back to me. The discipline of focusing my mind on what I want more of, where I want to be going, is sometimes like trying to pull a little toddler away from electrical sockets. Those sockets are somehow fascinating to little fingers on little persons. Took me repeated times of picking up my little toddlers and putting them somewhere else to distract them from the enticing socket and STILL they would manage to find the socket until it lost its allure. I also like using the sword of the heart and truth to just cut the illusion and come back to what is true and present. Then breathe.