I began to climb. I could not believe I was attempting this madness. The high dive.
Up three, four, five steps. What was I thinking? Kids were climbing the bottom rungs beneath me. There was no turning back. I filled with terror.
I stepped out onto the board. I did not want to look down. I did not want to know how far I could fall.
I reached into my heart and into my gut and ran for the end of the board. I leaped.
"Splash.". I had survived the high dive.
Andy Fletcher is an artist, designer, speaker and advocate for trains. He enjoys sharing his drawings and his joy of trains with railroad enthusiasts everywhere.
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