The 129km/h plunge from mountain peak

I’m going to admit to you that I can be a bit of a scaredy-cat.

I get a few tingles of fear just thinking about parachute jumping. Even traveling too fast in a car along the motor way ends up with my hands tightly clenched in my lap. I’m not too good with speed or heights, as you might have guessed.

It’s not just speed or heights that can produce feelings of fear in people. What about saying ‘no’ to something instead of the usual ‘yes’? Or saying ‘yes’ to that opportunity instead of ‘no’? Or beginning that project that you’ve had in your heart for years and years but just haven’t had the courage to take the first step? There are always reasons why it’s safer to not jump.

‘Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Have you ever found that when you make up your mind to take the plunge and actually do the thing that gives you butterflies in the stomach and sweaty palms, that it turns out to be easier than you imagined? And if it was a massive plunge to take, that the sheer exuberance of actually having done it was worth the energy it took?

Have a look at this video. Wonder if “Come back helicopter and get me! I want to go home!” passed through his mind. I’m guessing so.

Relax, you don’t have to snowboard down a mountain! But what thing have you been putting off because of fear, however small the butterflies? How about making a decision today to take a step towards doing that thing you’re afraid of.

It couldn’t possibly be as scary as snowboarding down a sheer mountain face!

Carolyn