Tuesday, October 7th/14
If you could be immortal for one day; what would you do?
Immortality for one day. That would be one hell of a day. I would use my temporary ability to not die to conquer all my fears. I mean, how great would it be to no longer fear snakes, airplanes, or underwater caves? My fear with many things is that I have a chance to die. I have almost died a few times and you would think that would help me, but as I get older and have more children, the fear multiplies.
When I was 19, my ex-father-in-law took his entire law firm and their spouses to Puerto Vallarta. It was an amazing trip and I have many memories of the crazy nights and delicious food. However, what I remember the most is the flight back...and how thankful I am that it landed. Another flight leaving the same airport did not. That was supposed to be our flight but we changed the flight to avoid a layover.
Hence, my fear of airplanes started.
I refuse to set foot on one. The idea of flying makes my palm sweat and neck break out in small hives. Thinking about my mother holding my 18-month old daughter and watching news coverage of what she thought was my flight causes my heart to drop into my stomach.
No airplanes. No thanks. I will drive with three fighting children across county. I don't mind.
Never mind that the likely hood of my plane crashing is FAR less than my car crashing...
So if I had an entire day to avoid dying. I would get on a plane. I would allow myself to have anxiety and panic attacks. I would peer out the window and force myself to see how high in the air I am. What's the harm? If the plane goes down, I won't die. I might have a lot of explaining to do, but I won't leave my children motherless.
What would YOU do if you were immortal for one day?
It's heights for me but surprisingly flying doesn't bother me at all.
ReplyDeleteI think that's pretty cool what you would do.
ReplyDeleteI fly quite a bit but I'm not great at it. I lost two friends to a plane crash when I was a kid. Also, I saw the movie La Bamba. Enough said.
I love the idea of using that 24 hours to conquer your fear of something. Fear can be a useful tool when it is applied to protect us from real dangers -- but it can also be the crippling thing that holds us back in life: from experiencing the wonderful too.
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Flying seems to be something some fear, but many wish they could do.
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