Talk To Me Tuesday - Facing Fears

Most of you don't know this, but I've been talking about riding my bicycle to work for probably the past 4 years. My building is only about 2 miles from home, so from a distance perspective, it's a pretty easy ride. My buddy, Scott, (who's had to listen to my ponderings for those 4 years) assured me aside from a bit of forethought and planning, it would be a cakewalk. But see, this guy is a cyclist... A legit cyclist. He has special shoes, fancy accessory kits, and reads forums where people about go into fisticuffs over frame composition. He's the real deal. I, on the other hand, occasionally ride my bike around the neighborhood with my family.

Aside from the fact that I'm not an experienced cyclist, there are other factors that have held back from actually biking to work:
  • There's the fact that I have to cross the street (Did I mention I'm scared of crossing the street?)
  • There's the fact that I have to cross 2 set of railroad tracks. (People die there ALL.THE.TIME)
  • There's the fact that I have to cross 56 Hwy (Okay it's really just a 4 lane road, but it's a highway nonetheless)
  •  There's the fact that I have to cross the GINORMOUS 4 lane road in front of my building, which just happens to have an off and of ramp for the aforementioned highway. (People drive like Jeff Gordon coming from that off ramp!)
The struggle is real, people!

So one day, about a month ago, hubby decided that we'd go on a test ride to my work. I was pretty terrified, but managed to play it cool.  Having him with me (so someone could identify the body) made me feel much more at ease.  Trouble was, the day after we went on that test ride, there was some sort of accident at that 4 lane road in front of my building.  At that point, I pretty much said, nah!

But something changed.  Something said to me, this morning, "Get out there and do it!  Don't let this fear defeat you!".  I don't know if it's me wanting to live out what I tell the ladies I'm coaching or if my own brain was getting tired of the excuses.  In any case, I'm super excited that I took a chance and road my bike to work and that God saw me to work without incident. (Lord, if You would do the same on the ride home, that'd be fantastic.  Amen)


So what is the fear that you need to just overcome already?  Talk to me.  It is Tuesday, after all.