Day 15

What are you scared of?

Long story short; I’m scared of a lot of things. Who isn’t? (Don’t answer that if you aren’t scared of anything at all).

Besides sharks, another reason I barely swim at the beach anymore is that I’m scared of touching the floor. You see I think too much sometimes. What if there are stingrays around and I accidentally step on its barb? What if Freddy Kruger is waiting to grab my foot? What if a shark thinks I look like a seal? Im not joking about the stingrays either either my beach does have them. And probably sharks too. There are signs that tell you to shuffle your feet for them.

If I do work up the courage to go for a dip and the tiniest bit of sea weed touches my leg, I’m out in less than 5 seconds. I don’t stuff around.

It’s funny to think that as a child I loved the beach and the sea. I spent hours and hours at the beach or jumping off our local wharf into the harbour on hot arvos after school. Ahh…what happened? Why did I have to become so scared of everything haha.