Embrace your fears :: Step outside your comfort zone and find freedom!

January 13, 2014 Jessica Moseley Gordon

I hate to fly. Hate. Hate. Hate. Yes, I know hate is a strong word. And that's how strongly I feel about flying. It makes me nervous. My heart gets all jittery and my stomach starts running around like a gerbil on a treadmill. I worry the plane will fall out of the sky. I worry about lots. 9-11 didn't help. Lockerbie. The TWA flight that fell from the sky over the Long Island Sound and then there was another one in Queens, NY. I wasn't always this way. I have been traveling and flying to other countries since before I could walk. As a kid I loved to fly. I thrilled at take-off and landing. But as I got older reality and mortality set in, I guess. And then I had kids and I couldn't bare the thought of anything happening to me... We travelled some as a family and I kept calm for the sake of my children but inside I was a nervous wreck. I didn't sleep the month before I went to London and I booked tickets to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago. I haven't slept much since then. Just recently I was invited up in a small private plane and, well, always one to seek out new experiences and opportunities to use my camera, without thinking I jumped at the chance and said yes. Then fear hit me in the face. Hard. Like a fastball. I'm not backing out... I'm not backing out... I am not backing out... I'm not going to watch life pass me by... I'm going to live it! This has been my motto these past couple of years. And I have been forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone. And a small metal can in the sky, that's way out of my comfort zone!