Fear is something that we all have to deal with. The world
creates fear around us daily and rewards us to give into it. We fear we will
not fit in, so we buy the clothes, home and care we cannot afford. We are
afraid we will lose our job, so we agree and go along for the ride. We are
afraid that we actually have the potential to change the world so we let the
evil take control and let our soul be taken. I do not write this as a judge of
the rest of the world, I write this as someone who has done it and continues to
do it.
However as life does almost every day, people are put into
our life that changes it forever. This is where my Team Triumph comes in. I had
the great opportunity to run with a group of Angels and Captain Mary to train
for the Cellcom. The path had hills, more hills and then you guessed it another
hill. However what struck me most about the run was not the miles, the scenery,
pace or finishing it. It was a simple comment made at about mile 12. We were
going up a hill (there were a lot) and I was able to push Captain Mary up the
hill. The whole time we had “light thoughts” to help us get up the hill faster,
it helped. Mary told me about the time she went out on a hot air balloon. The experience,
seeing other balloons takes flight and the scenery. She talked about how she
saw the horses in the field, then moved on to the time she rode a horse. While
this may not seem like a feat to many, what you may not know is that Mary has
Muscular Dystrophy. Many of the things that you and I take for granted and many
of the things you and I complain about doing, she cannot.
What struck me about this conversation was not the fact that she rode the horse; it was what she had after “I have very little fear”. Mary has many problems, so few of us could imagine. She has to deal with difficulties most of us could only dream about, yet she chooses to not let fear hold her down. She puts fear to the side and takes on whatever life gives her. Mary will not let fear control her life, she chooses to control the fear. This may be the point where I say if Mary can make this choice, we can too. However that is unfair to Mary, you and your future. The fact of the matter is, we should be making the choice to not live in fear regardless. Comparing our self to someone else builds fear that we are not good enough. Just like the hot air balloon, it is not until we let go, that we can see all the world has to offer.
