Wondering Why One Withers?

Ok-now shes gone and done it!! Travelin Oma has gone too far!!! This talented,funny and gifted writer is an everyday read for me. She is always pulling something fun out of her bag of tricks and then writing about it. But doesnt she KNOW....???!! Doesnt she understand that I have so few fears...very few!! But this post just pushed it over the edge. Can I still adore her, knowing she has these so called 'treasures' in her home? Why doesnt she just intuitively know of my fear of loosing all my teeth??!! Of my reoccurring dreams of spitting my teeth into my hands!! Then low and behold....there is a REAL picture of that exact thing-right on her blog, for me to stumble upon!! I may not recover. Im sure to have bad dreams tonight. Its sure to postpone my next dental visit!! Drat!!!! Check it out
here, at your own risk!!
But its now become a perfect lead into something Ive been thinking about of late. I will begin by mentioning again my glorious job. My wondrous hiking job. Yes...they pay me to hike and to exercise and to visit with and motivate people to move their hinney's. I am a lucky woman.
Anyway...
I often come home after a hike-(with coral dust between my toes) and feel grateful that I am not strapped by horrible, debilitating fears and phobias.
I meet quite a few guests that have great fear of snakes. I suppose this is quite common and possibly justified. I dont understand it, but it doesnt mean that I dont try and be compassionate about it. A rattler sharing the path with you is not an experience one goes looking for!!! But I have been hiking for years now, and I have only come across 2-3 snakes in that time. But, whats really disturbing to me is to see these fears completely curtail, or paralyze some guests to even venturing out out of doors!! (First off, didnt they KNOW they were coming to a desert clime BEFORE they signed on??!!) Their experience at our beautiful spa is tainted by their fear.
We had a guest not too long ago that was petrified of lizards. Not just seeing them, but just knowing they shared the sand with us was more than she could handle. After the first morning, as she cried and gasped for breath and begged us to take her back to the spa- we never saw her again...outside the enclosed facility. Poor,poor, crazy girl. YES indeed- I am passing judgement. A little blue tailed lizard will do nobody any harm, unless your a bug!!
It is indeed hard for me to remain compassionate to those fears that make no sense. Guess what porphyrophobia is the fear of!!?? You'll NEVER guess...not in a million years (Unless of course you have this mental disorder)... its the fear of the color purple!! Come on now...whats that really about?
Some other fears: There is the fear of books, and color and ferns and even knees!!
I am so grateful that I am not incapacitated by any such seemingly irrational fears.
I found a list of phobias the other day, HERE.
It has made me all the more grateful for my good mental health, but it made me also question the workings of our brains. Could it really be possible to be crippled by the fear of the figure 8!!!????
Snap Out of It, for pete sakes!!!!!!!!!