Originally Posted by
Learn2Live 
I wish I were like you, about to ski out the front door. You are amazing! You say you are fearful yet look at what you did this past summer! See and acknowledge your courage and independence! Fear IS paralyzing.
Feel the fear and do it anyway! There are great things on the horizon; dare to dream of them! And remain grounded in today.
So True L2L!!
I love your imagery FP. The diving board is a good one.
Feel the Fear and do it anyway. Such good advice there. I used to think that I should not do something until I no longer felt afraid. I wanted to be brave and courageous and thought that meant no longer being afraid. I've redifined that. Being brave and courageous is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
Have you ever been bungy jumping? I have been (I foolishly jumped off a bridge once too -dumdum). It is a very physical expression of feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Wow, the exhilaration. I'm going to combine that diving board image with that feeling next time I'm so afraid - because I've spent years at the top of that diving board!