I can FLY and you can too!

"Do at least one thing a day that scares you." I nicked that quote off a lululemon postcard, isn't it brilliant?

Not everyday offers the opportunity to sky dive, bungee jump or get up in front of an audience to give a speech. But that doesn't mean that you don't have a daily chance to do something scary! Anything from a conversation, to a physical feat to employing will power could satisfy your scary requirement! Things like making business phone calls or maintaining eye contact always scare me. My Friday scare challenge involves volunteering at the hospital with my sister's dog. (I get faint at the mention of blood.)

Facing a fear and surviving (which you always will!) is so empowering. It is a matter of proving to yourself that fear has no grip over you and that you have control of what you feel and what you do. The shift from anxiety to triumph is exhilerating!

I remember when I went bungee jumping in New Zealand. To get to the jump, we had to take a cable car to a gondola suspended in a gorge. To jump, you had to shimmy out onto a ledge that was as wide as your two feet. I could kinda make out the sinewy thread of water below, but it was really far down there (430ft, to be exact!) The air immediately started to thin and it became hard to breathe. My hands started mass producing sweat and my ego started in, "You're crazy, you can't do this!" I heard the call from the gondola, "You're going to jump on the count of 1." I found a weak voice to utter the words, "I can't do this." The response came,"Yes you can, 3..2..1, FLY!" And I jumped, I dove, I flew! I stopped the questioning, I stopped the disbelief and I just did it. Sure, it was scary- so much so, in fact, that I could not even scream on the way down. It got caught in my throat. But by the first bounce, it had dislodged- the exhileration booming through me.

So if you can't find a bungee today, pick something else. It doesn't have to be scary to anyone other than you. And you don't even have to tell anyone. Face the fear and exhalt in accomplishment! Find your power and FLY!