Then it hit me … a moment of true clarity. I had made dives from lower heights; I knew how to perform the launch; I knew how to control the flow of the dive; I knew how to sense the approach of the water; I knew how to hold the wrist of my right hand with my left to break the water; I knew how to successfully execute the dive and I knew what it felt like to rip entry this form of dive – so I launched.
I formed the dive; I felt the air flow around me as I descended toward the water below; I sensed the water approaching as I brought my arms above my head; I secured my hand around my wrist as my hands broke through the water; and I arched my back as my body ripped through the cool water of the river; smooth, wonderful, just as I had planned. |
I had overcome my fear by recalling my learnedness of how to dive and by applying it to a greater height above the water. |
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