Just Sit

We are climbing the spiral stairs and they keep going. I am trying to think about nothing but one step at a time. As we approach the platform, the girls get hooked to the cable first, and then me, Jarrod was last. My legs instantly start shaking. “Don’t look down Jarrod says, ever so calmly.” The girls get hooked up in the front, there is a count down and then off they go, cheering, experiencing sheer joy.

It is our turn, and he takes me to the front platform first, I feel like it is my last breath, I am so close to the edge and it is a far distance to the ground. He says, ” I am going to count to three, and you are just going to sit.” He starts counting, and I can hear him like he is in a distance. I say very sure, ” I am not going to go.” He says again, “Just sit, just sit” I do, and off I go down the zipline.

Once it was over, my legs continued to shake and my heart was pumping loudly, but I did it. I overcame my fear and did it. Deep inhales, and the sweet reminder, that you can do anything you put your mind to, regardless of your fear.