When/how did you learn to love the bomb?

I'm starting back again after a few years of being scared off stage by bombing. I figure that I need accept it as a reality that I'm going to bomb, especially early on, and am wondering how you folks got that to sink in and then move on with your stand-up. Getting in front of people scares the shit out of me but I want to do this so I've got to figure out how to get past bombing, emotionally and mentally.