A Leap of Faith Sweaty palms, anxiety building inside the chest, face feeling flushed, all because of the one emotion that rattles more cages than anything else: fear. Fear has such a strong hold on each and every person in this world. It can drive us to do better in spite of it, or it can cause you to run as fast as you can in the other direction. I do not have many fears, but the one that trumps them all is heights. This fear has such a strong hold over me that I really was never looking to overcome it. However, one day a couple a friends decided to put me up to the test.
I hate everything that has to do with heights. Even going over bridges scares me so much. My best friend, Mikayla, knows this better than anyone. When I went to the beach …show more content…
Or you don’t even have to jump at all, it’s up to you.” I had to think for a little bit about this. The history here is a little bit deeper than I would like to admit. I had only started hanging out with Mikayla’s friends since the beginning of the summer. Zach was definitely a person I could trust, but I was still a little skeptical about jumping with him. This was my biggest fear that we were talking about here. This was the obstacle that haunted my nightmares. This was the one thing that has kept me from rollercoasters, rock climbing, and just about anything higher than ten feet. Was I really about to put my trust into someone who I had just met? Yes. I was. This was the day I would take the leap.
I shut my eyes for a minute. Taking a deep breath in, I calmed myself down. Then I looked to Zach and said, “Okay. Okay, I’m going to do it.” My heartbeat began to …show more content…
A refreshing feeling overcame my whole body. From my head to my toes I felt that gross swamp water clean me out. Coming up to the surface was the best part. My friends up on the cliff were so happy for me and cheering so forcefully they almost took an unintentional dive. All that up there was great, it really was, but the best feeling I have ever felt was when I looked over at Zach. He had a look on his face that I will never forget. Ear to ear his entire expression was one big smile
Without diminishing his smile, he looked over at me and said, “I told you that you could do it.”
“Yeah,” I agreed with a similar smile slowly coming across my face, “I guess you were right.” Then, I shouted up to Mikayla, Bruce, and Derek, “What are you guys waiting for? Are you scared or something?” My mockery was enough to send them crashing down like cannon balls.
“You know Zach, Lisa actually jumped before you.” Bruce mocked his longtime best friend. Zach answered that with a big splash right in Bruce’s face, and then a race back up the cliff to see which one of them would make it back down before the other. The rest of that day was filled with a lot of laughs, and the best memories I have up to this day. It felt amazing to have finally been able to overcome my fear . After a while I forgot what I was so scared of in the first place. I couldn’t believe that I had made it. I jumped off a cliff. And the world kept
I hate everything that has to do with heights. Even going over bridges scares me so much. My best friend, Mikayla, knows this better than anyone. When I went to the beach …show more content…
Or you don’t even have to jump at all, it’s up to you.” I had to think for a little bit about this. The history here is a little bit deeper than I would like to admit. I had only started hanging out with Mikayla’s friends since the beginning of the summer. Zach was definitely a person I could trust, but I was still a little skeptical about jumping with him. This was my biggest fear that we were talking about here. This was the obstacle that haunted my nightmares. This was the one thing that has kept me from rollercoasters, rock climbing, and just about anything higher than ten feet. Was I really about to put my trust into someone who I had just met? Yes. I was. This was the day I would take the leap.
I shut my eyes for a minute. Taking a deep breath in, I calmed myself down. Then I looked to Zach and said, “Okay. Okay, I’m going to do it.” My heartbeat began to …show more content…
A refreshing feeling overcame my whole body. From my head to my toes I felt that gross swamp water clean me out. Coming up to the surface was the best part. My friends up on the cliff were so happy for me and cheering so forcefully they almost took an unintentional dive. All that up there was great, it really was, but the best feeling I have ever felt was when I looked over at Zach. He had a look on his face that I will never forget. Ear to ear his entire expression was one big smile
Without diminishing his smile, he looked over at me and said, “I told you that you could do it.”
“Yeah,” I agreed with a similar smile slowly coming across my face, “I guess you were right.” Then, I shouted up to Mikayla, Bruce, and Derek, “What are you guys waiting for? Are you scared or something?” My mockery was enough to send them crashing down like cannon balls.
“You know Zach, Lisa actually jumped before you.” Bruce mocked his longtime best friend. Zach answered that with a big splash right in Bruce’s face, and then a race back up the cliff to see which one of them would make it back down before the other. The rest of that day was filled with a lot of laughs, and the best memories I have up to this day. It felt amazing to have finally been able to overcome my fear . After a while I forgot what I was so scared of in the first place. I couldn’t believe that I had made it. I jumped off a cliff. And the world kept