What’s the thing you’re most
scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?
I would say
bungee jumping. I say this because I
almost did it once, but couldn’t go through with it. I must have watched others jump for up to an
hour while vacationing in New Zealand before I finally gave into my fears and
said, “Not today.” Since then, I’ve
never had another chance nor have I sought one out. I’m not sure what it would
take to get me to do it, maybe just another opportunity. I’ve changed immeasurably since that first chance. It was before children, before I turned 30 or
40, before scuba diving regularly on WWII wrecks 120 feet deep, before facing
unfathomable changes and challenges in my life.
Maybe just the years and life experiences would be enough to help me
“take the leap,” so to speak. And if
not, I’m not sure that anything would get me to do it. I’m not even sure why I was so scared. I
think I would have to go back to that moment to remember and experience that
moment again to know if I still have the same fear. Life can really change that part of an
individual…things you feared when you are a child are not the same as when you
are grown and things you feared when you were a young, naïve women are not the
same as when you are older, wiser, and more experienced with all of life. Honestly, life in general and all its
experiences become less and less scary the older I get, so other than that
lingering “old fear,” I don’t know that there is really anything I’m scared of anymore. That’s something, huh?! What about you?
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