WHAT DO YOU FEAR MOST? October 14, 2011
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| "I dreamed about my ocean drowning" |
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INSPIRATION AVENUE has asked artists to express what they fear most. I learned to swim in the ocean and clearly remember the strength of the waves as they knocked me off my feet and onto the rocks... I was dragged underwater. The salt water filling my mouth and nose, making me gag, are not among my best beach memories!!! These MANY instances probably account for my periodic drowning nightmares... and my lack of love for swimming. I DO swim, but only if the temperatures are excessively uncomfortable and I need to cool off! 
My other fear... the most current and ongoing fear... is PUBLIC SPEAKING! This seems odd, even to me, since my career was in television- researching, interviewing, writing and editing documentaries. However, you rarely saw me on camera... I was always THE VOICE behind the camera... narrating! A dear friend once asked me to host a WOMAN of the YEAR luncheon celebration given in her honor. This meant I'd be required to be on stage giving introductions and creating small talk around and with each speaker. I apprised my friend of my fear but she was adamant that I do it! I did... it was AWFUL! In retrospect, I should have taken a public speaking course concurrent with my career!
"FEAR is a darkroom where negatives develop!" Anonymous
Thanks for stopping by... again. Hopefully THIS posting is normal... no over-sized or multiple, pictures!!
Hugs...
'Til my next posting,
abbyj
