Midlife’s A Trip

The Absence of Fear–A Midlife Perspective

Posted on 22. Sep, 2008 by Karen in Reflections

I’m the person who’s deathly afraid of spiders.  Remember the scene in Annie Hall where Diane Keaton’s character calls Woody Allen’s character to come over and kill the spider in her house.  Well, that’s me.  I even pulled my car over once and got out when one of those creepy crawlers descended from my rear-view mirror. 

Obviously what I have is a phobia–an irrational fear.  But whose the one who is always saying here that fear is just “false evidence appearing real”.  That’s me too.  Well being fearful is just no way to live life — is it?  Well take a look below at me not being afraid …

… of a herd of bison!  I was visiting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week and spent an amazing day in the Grand Tetons National Park.  We were on a bus and saw these bison from afar.  When we got off the bus to photograph them and the herd started moving–to cross the road. 

I was surprising unafraid of these huge creatures–the bulls weigh 2 tons!  So I kept getting closer to get take better photos.  At one point, I was closer to the herd than anyone in our party.  And then I got the look–and I knew it was for me.

Yes the look from that really huge bison with the big horns that said:

“Don’t come any closer.”

We understood one another well.  With the utmost respect I backed up while this bull escorted the rest of the herd across the road and left me alone.

As I got back on the bus, I thought about this once-in-a-lifetime encounter.  The others laughed and called me the “bison-whisperer”.  Crazy me–the woman who’s scared of a bug, to get so close to such a massive animal and not be afraid. 

Yet another surprise from my midlife trip.

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