On March 30th, 2016, I joined Thomas Despin to cross the United States from New York to San Francisco by bicycle. One of our common objective is to improve our discipline, by making every day, for 120 days. He makes videos, I write articles.
It’s almost midnight and Thomas and I are doing wild camping in the USA.
I don’t feel ready to sleep because I am afraid of bears. This is the state and the season for black bears to show up! Three of them have been seen around lately.
Carefully, I put all the foods away from the tent. I still don’t feel 100% secure. Why do I scare?
Thomas is pragmatic and I am emotional. He relies on figures and I rely on people fears.
And what figures say?
Each year in the USA, one human is killed by a black bear. Do you know how many humans are killed by human?
I paused. He is right. I start wondering why I feel so anxious about bears.
I fear what I don’t know.
My fear of the bears is actually a fear for the unknown, an idea built on one´s fear.
People are afraid of animals, of nature’s danger. We fear things on which we have no control or power.
Aware of this, the only thing I can take the power on is the fear in itself. This experience has to teach me this.
The only thing of which I should be afraid, is this feeling of fears.
Press on the ❤ if you ❤ it!
This article is originally featured on Startup Cycling.
