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Today was a monumental day that got me thinking about fear and the things that hold us back from our own success.  A few years ago I had a horse related accident, I got hung up in a stirrup and was drug down the road.  It took me a few moments to get my foot out of the stirrup and sure I fought like crazy.  I remember going to get on my horse and the ground afterwards, but I don’t remember anything in-between…I don’t remember being drug down the road (probably a good thing).

After the accident, fear got in the way of my riding and things that didn’t used to scare me when I was out riding, started to scare me.  Fear constantly kept getting my way.  ”What if this happens again”.  ”What if I get hurt”.  ”What if I can’t”.  ”What if I can”.  So many “what if’s” and so much self doubt getting in the way of my moving forward.

I found a great horse trainer who helped me over come most of my fear of riding but over the past few years about 15% still remained and lingered in the back of my mind, telling me what I couldn’t do.  Today, I shut that fear down, took the leap and had a fantastic adventure with my horse today.  There’s a sense of freedom when you let go of fear and you say “I CAN do this”.

What are your fears?  Can you turn the “I can’t” into “I can”.  Those things you’re putting off to tomorrow, those things that hold you back from pursuing a dream or new adventure….take a leap.  Don’t let fear keep you stuck in a place of “I can’t”….because if you believe in yourself….I bet you can.