Imagine a beautiful diamond. It’s so clear and perfect in every aspect. The sun glints off its surfaces casting rainbows all around. It is multi-faceted and utterly resplendent. This diamond is you. The you that exists beneath the layers you’ve built to protect the tenderest parts of yourself. The you that longs to shine brightly, that wishes to share its radiance with the world, and which, instead, is filtered through the layers until it becomes a dim glow. The gift that fear gives you is an invitation to explore one of the facets of your diamond self. And this invitation is the same if the experience of fear is one…