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Conquering my fear of the bunny slopes
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
Maybe you’ll think “soar” is the wrong word to describe skiing down the bunny slope for the first time, but it really expresses the freedom I felt after conquering and healing a fear of downhill skiing.
I had harbored this fear for a number of years. It began in 2001, when I joined 30 other Christian Scientists for a week of fun – enjoying all the winter activities Colorado has to offer – skiing, snowmobiling, soaking in hot springs, group board games, and our own church services. On that trip I really wanted to learn how to downhill ski. I’d never tried it before, and for as long as I could remember I’d been somewhat fearful about skiing.
On that trip I did take some downhill ski lessons. But after the first day of lessons, I was sunburned and sore. I was grateful when a friend read to me from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, a book that provides me with clarity about what I read in the Bible. How wonderful to acknowledge that “[man] is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements,” but rather that man is “the image and likeness of God.” Buoyed by this thought, I felt peaceful enough to sleep.
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