Don't let fear stop you from living, or the next thing you know, life will have passed you by and you will have lost your chance.
Before I moved to Florida I was petrified of Thunder and Lightning. I honestly don't think I would have moved to Florida if I had known that it is the Lightning Capital of the world. It took a lot years for me to get over this fear. I had no choice, if I was gonna live in here then I would have to get over it. There is no other way around it, especially come summer time.
We finally got some rain yesterday. I sat outside on the lanai with my afternoon coffee enjoying the sound and smell of the rain. There was some lightning that was pretty cool for this time of year. I sat there thinking of the time not so long ago that I would NEVER have sat outside, willingly, watching the storm. When I was afraid of the thunder and lightning I missed the beauty in lightning. It is really an amazing thing when you can overcome your fears.
The picture above was not taken yesterday, it was taken before a hurricane about 5 years ago when I was still a little bit afraid of the storms. But the beauty in seeing the flag whipping with the stormy cloud background was worth getting over my fear for the moment for the sake of a couple pictures.
