nor fear of death

It was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death,

for that would destroy the great plan of happiness. (Alma 42: 8)

Death is a crucial ingredient in the plan of happiness. Baptism is a symbol of death. Repentance is a kind of death: cutting off actions and identity to become a new person.

Sometimes I cling to my mortal self, scared that tomorrow I won't be the same person that I am today. Fear of death holds me back from repentance.

The Atonement’s blessings will flow as freely as I overcome that fear: “whoso layeth down his life for my sake shall find it again.”(D&C 103: 27)