THE DAY I LEARNED TO BE BRAVE

 

All of a sudden, I got this fear of stairs. I always felt that I might fall or trip on them. I worried that someone might push me because I moved slowly on the stairs.

One day, I had to go down the stairs to the ground floor. I felt so terrified just looking at the steps. The stairs were long, spiral, and narrow. I took a deep breath and said to myself, “Hmm. Maybe I should try it.” I took the first step, then the second, and gradually the third. It wasn’t so bad. I started jumping and then ran down the stairs.

“Yay!” I shouted. That’s how I faced my fear of stairs.

 

Sawdah Bakhtiar, IV Aqua