Sadness, anger, apathy, grief, guilt and fear of; are all skills and tools of the ego. They are used by the mind as a force for self-confirmation and affirmation. Such as;

“I am angry at X for being such an asshole to me” “I am very offended by X’s lack of noticing what things piss me off”

Such a thought a process is evoked by the ego side of the mind. In all aspects the ego is the causation of fear. In context fear is not the opposite of love rather it is the lack of love. Love doesn’t oppose hate. It overrules any ego constructed barriers. Conversely it can be deduced that in order for one to grow, one must understand their ego. Grow out of its fear attributes through choosing to see love in all aspects of human behavior and attitude. It is a common misconception to mistake hate as an opposite of love when in fact love has no opposite. It does though have forces that work on creating a barriers against it. Such forces only stem from one place; fear of. So when fear takes over. Remember that love in the not traditional sense is what communicates to the mind truth and freedom. Yet it is also within the egos power to confuse unconditional love with fear conditioned love. An ongoing process of trickery just to keep the mind a slave for the machine. Freedom is just a breath away; but fear is keeping you from breathing.