It sounds arrogant, no surprise coming from me, I’m not afraid of anything that I can point to. There is even a lack of understanding of fear itself. Personally, I believe it comes from coming close to death to many times to care anymore. I know I can die. It will happen one day, probably proceeded by me saying something stupid like, “Hey, guys! Watch this!”

Lack of fear has earned me some strangely fitting nicknames, Crazy Bob, Stupid, Terminator (I don’t get that one) and some less flattering monikers. It has caused some friction where I did something that scared those around me for no reason I could understand. Disbelief in something that I can do or have done, until I prove it and scare someone else.

You see, I love the feeling of flying, falling, swimming deeper, exploring, driving fast, living on the edge or stepping off the edge, even. I’m not afraid, but I feel alive, thrilled by the experience. If you have never done it, find something that makes your heart race, embrace it, make it as safe as you can or take off all the protection and leap! Just once embrace what you were afraid of, don’t try to overcome it, accept it and everything it represents.

Daily writing prompt

What fears have you overcome and how?

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