Where DOES The Fear of Riding Come From?

I just keep hearing "I'm too afraid to ride a motorcycle". But you aren't too afraid to drive your car in traffic or eat fast food that elevates your cholesterol or fly on an airplane that you have no control over or smoke or drink and drive or or or,,,,,,? Get where I'm going with this?

Unless you have personally been in a motorcycle accident or know someone that has, your fears could be unfounded. Fear is a funny emotion. My fears are more centered around living until I'm 100 and not having any money and a huge fear of snakes! Fear, even if perceived is real enough to hold us back from doing things we would otherwise love to do.

I don't ever remember being afraid to ride. At 10 when I got my first dirt bike, I was all over it! That was just the best. As I have aged and my fears have aged along with me, riding a motorcycle just doesn't seem to be one of them. I have seen the aftermath of a few motorcycle accidents and it's not pretty. I have also seen car wrecks that have left people dead. Have you ever seen a woman with breast cancer who has lost all her hair to the chemotherapy and she is frightened by the potential outcome of death? These are all visions of someones greatest fears.

For those of you that believe in fate, you are going to die the way you are destined to die. If that is the case, then you should be fearless. You have accepted that when your time comes, no matter what you are doing, you have no control, but this is a conversation for another time and forum.

If you have EVER, even for a split second, wondered how much fun it would be to ride either your own or on the back of someone else's motorcycle, then you owe it to yourself to put your fear to the side and give it a shot. If you determine that it just isn't for you, then no harm done. On the other hand, if you find that it was a good experience and that just MAYBE you would like to do it again,,,,,,,,,,,,,all the better! I promise that if you allow yourself, you will feel empowered and free.

Now, can anybody out there help me with my fear of snakes????