Overcoming My Fears

Mario and I were supposed to go to the range yesterday, but I wasn't feeling well. I asked if we could go today instead but he couldn't because he had training all day at work. I decided that I would go anyway. If you remember the first/last time I went to the range, I locked myself in the truck and didn't want to get out, I was so scared of all the gunfire I could hear in the distance.

I decided that I needed to overcome my fears (like I always tell my kids) and just do it. I called the range to make sure they would assist me if I needed any help loading my gun and setting up my target. All the employees are so nice and helpful. I guess they want to see me succeed and be a responsible gun owner. I felt confident that I made a good choice in picking out my gun when the first guy (a customer) made a comment about what I nice revolver I had. One employee helped me get all set up and made sure I knew what I was doing. I have to say, that extra money spent on a laser was really worth it. I put all the bullets except for 1 through the man on the target's chest (I hit him once in the face. Oops.)

The whole time I was shooting, I was thinking..."These people are crazy letting an inexperienced person like me shoot." They put a lot of trust in me that I was not going to make any fatal errors. It kind of reminds me of how when you have your first baby and they let you take him/her home from the hospital and you have no idea what you are doing. How could they trust me with this new baby? Today I was thinking, how could they trust me with this weapon? Not only do you have to trust yourself to be careful, but everyone else around you too.