Great post, well executed and has good structure and resourcefully candid content.
However, I disagree that life in fear is not living, life without "growth" is not living, fear has the capacity to drive us toward and through growth, but if you don't face and surmount obstacles created by fear, the inability to grow becomes the real hindrance. Fear is good, because it builds strength and provides direction and hindsight to additional learning.
Find a vision, hold it, and champion its sucess. May the odds ever be in your favour.