Sometimes
people ask me what it’s like to dive with sharks and why I choose to do
so. “Aren’t you afraid of them?”,
is a common question or maybe just another way of saying “You’re an idiot!”. Of course I understand where this
feeling comes from as not very long ago I was the one asking the same
thing. I really enjoy answering
these sorts of questions because I hope that through my little stories others
will be encouraged to let go of their fears and see sharks in a different light.
I’ve come
to realize that giving in to your fears can be very limiting. Certainly a
healthy dose of it can be handy from time to time but letting it control you is
a mistake far too many people make. People always say that when you set aside
your fears you are capable of accomplishing anything. You see, there were so
many things that I had always wanted to do but my worries kept holding me
back. It took far too long for me to
realize I was missing out on so many amazing experiences because I kept getting
in the way of myself. In the
beginning of my diving days I constantly worried about sharks. Having never had
any close encounters with them I really couldn’t justify it. So what did I do?
I went looking for sharks, of course!
