PT: O medo de voar deve ser inerente a um pouco de todos nós, podem dizer-nos mil vezes que o avião é o transporte mais seguro do Mundo, que o nível de acidentes é mínimo, (o que de facto até é verdade, quando comparado com outros meios de transporte que usamos mais frequentemente, como os automóveis onde por dia há milhares de acidentes)... mas o receio que algo corra mal lá pelo ar existe sempre, nem que seja inconscientemente. Pois todos sabemos se algo falhar as hipóteses de sobrevivência são de mínimas a nulas.
Mentiria se dissesse que me "enfio" alegremente dentro de um "tubo metálico" voador sem sentir pelo menos um ligeiro arrepio espinha abaixo ou melhor dizendo alguma ansiedade... na vida tive somente (até agora) quatro experiências de voo, todas elas dentro do espaço aéreo Europeu. Voos esses que até me fizeram perder um pouco o "medo de voar", pois... hei!!... afinal quantas vezes na vida podemos ter a sensação que estamos a flutuar?! (quando estamos a sonhar não conta, ok?!)
Daquelas sensações que nunca se esquece quando se voa pela primeira vez é quando o avião acelera na pista e finalmente ergue-se do solo, criando dentro de nós aquela sensação que flutuamos em pleno espaço! Talvez o único senão de toda a emoção seja aquele latejar de ouvidos com que ficamos devido à mudança brusca de altitude. (Mascar uma pastilha ou somente imitar o movimento de mascar uma ajuda a apaziguar essa sensação).
Mas o medo de voar, ou melhor, digamos mais que é o receio que algo possa correr mal, não deve impedir-nos de viajar ou de sequer realizarmos o sonho de conhecermos outras culturas e latitudes.
A vida, essa é demasiadamente curta para nos sentirmos prisioneiros do medo, seja este de voar, cair, perder o emprego, morrer, etc.
Num Mundo cada vez mais dominado pelo medo, ceder a esse sentimento sem luta é o mesmo que encurtar-nos mais a vida!
Num Mundo cada vez mais dominado pelo medo, ceder a esse sentimento sem luta é o mesmo que encurtar-nos mais a vida!
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EN: The
fear of flying must be inherent a bit in all of us, people can tell us a
thousand times that the plane is the safest transportation in the world,
that the level of accidents are minimal (which in fact is true, when
compared with
other means of transportation that we use most often, such as automobiles,
where in a day can happen thousands of accidents)... but the fear that something
might go wrong up there in the air always exists, even if unconsciously. For all we know if something fails the chances of survival are slim to nil.
I would be lying if I would say to you that I "shove" myself happily inside a flying "metal tube", without feeling at least a slight shiver down my spine or rather say some anxiety... in my life I only had (so far) four flight experiences, all them within European airspace. Those flights in fact made me lose a bit of the "fear of flying" because... hey!!... after all how many times in our lifes we can have the feeling that we are floating ?! (When we are dreaming doesn't count, ok ?!)
That is the feeling we never forget when flying for the first time is when the plane accelerates on the track and finally rises from the ground, creating within us the feeling that we float free in space! Perhaps the only drawback of all the excitement is the throbbing ears, due to the sudden change of altitude. (Chewing a gum or only mimic the chewing motion is a help to allay that feeling).
But the fear of flying, or rather let's say more that is the fear that something might go wrong, shouldn't prevent us from traveling or even accomplish the dream of discover other cultures and latitudes.
Life, this one is too short for us to be prisoners of the fear feeling, be that of flying, falling, losing a job, death, etc.In a world increasingly dominated by fear, give in to this feeling without fighting is the same as shorten up our life even more!
I would be lying if I would say to you that I "shove" myself happily inside a flying "metal tube", without feeling at least a slight shiver down my spine or rather say some anxiety... in my life I only had (so far) four flight experiences, all them within European airspace. Those flights in fact made me lose a bit of the "fear of flying" because... hey!!... after all how many times in our lifes we can have the feeling that we are floating ?! (When we are dreaming doesn't count, ok ?!)
That is the feeling we never forget when flying for the first time is when the plane accelerates on the track and finally rises from the ground, creating within us the feeling that we float free in space! Perhaps the only drawback of all the excitement is the throbbing ears, due to the sudden change of altitude. (Chewing a gum or only mimic the chewing motion is a help to allay that feeling).
But the fear of flying, or rather let's say more that is the fear that something might go wrong, shouldn't prevent us from traveling or even accomplish the dream of discover other cultures and latitudes.
Life, this one is too short for us to be prisoners of the fear feeling, be that of flying, falling, losing a job, death, etc.In a world increasingly dominated by fear, give in to this feeling without fighting is the same as shorten up our life even more!
