Expedition Impossible Offers You a Chance to Overcome Your Fear: Live As If There is No Tomorrow
We’ve watched two episodes of the new reality show, Expedition Impossible and it’s an exciting example of how ordinary people can overcome their fears to conquer extreme challenges in their lives.
It’s not your typical reality show. It does have most of the same elements, including competition between teams, personal emotional drama, exotic locations, and a set of rules playing out wild scenarios that seem impervious to the film crew while being death-defying for the participants. But then again, some people thrive on danger and outrageous odds that you don’t typically find in Nature.
Expedition Impossible on ABC.com
Why would you bother to watch for one hour every Thursday?
When you see people like you in circumstances that you would never willingly enter into no matter how much money you were paid to put yourself in weird situations, it still somehow changes your attitude when you watch other people conquer their fears and do things that they don’t initially believe they are capable of accomplishing. It challenges you to find the part of yourself being reflected within the people in the show and you learn that you might be more equipped to handle the unimaginable than you previously thought!
This will indirectly strengthen your personality to be better equipped to deal with change. You will be more able to cope with conditions that you least expected to happen to you. You will have the opportunity to develop the qualities of courage and determination in the face of fear, hesitation, and the reluctance to act when confronted with life-threatening events.
Why might this be a part of a healthy Lifestyle?
The reason for fortifying your personality with greater resources prepares you for the unexpected. It’s one thing to think yourself invincible, but it’s quite another to feel that you have the power within yourself to overcome all odds and get through any difficult challenge. This attitude can be extremely useful in the course of your daily Life. You can apply this at home, at work, and at play…
For instance, you can welcome new experiences. In the case of most of the contestants on this program, they had never repelled down the steep cliff face of a mountain before. It takes a lot of trust in yourself and personal courage to put on the carabiner and rope and begin backing down over the precipice. Once you face the resistance to do something that you’ve never done before, it suddenly becomes easier to do something new again and again and again. You build a willingness to introduce the ‘unknown’ into your Life. Amazing experiences come to you when you open this door…
I know just how exhilarating the moment of repelling hundreds of feet down the cliff face is for the first time. When I was in college I took this leap of faith in myself and scaled the Bagged Rocks in Wyoming. I fell in love with mountain climbing in the Rocky Mountains, the Zircle Range, the Sierra Madres, and many other mountains close to where I lived over the last fifty years. I have enjoyed profound moments in Nature when venturing in the hills and mountains that also became metaphors for any challenge in my Life.
I have stood on Mount Rainier in wonder of incredible sunsets and welcomed the sunrise in the Snowy Range when camping in the most inaccessible of places. I have whistled with the Elk while sitting on the ledge of the Zircles with no ropes, no gear, and only my own physical strength to carry me across chasms. You are equally capable of finding such treasures in the wilderness…
Last night on the second episode of Expedition Impossible, many of the individuals were thrown for a loop when they attempted to navigate the shallow river in an inflated canoe. Some of them even tried to scoot across the rocks when their weight made it virtually impossible to be pulled downstream by the current. It never occurred to them to step out of the canoe and walk to the deeper parts of the river! You can find yourself thinking of alternative solutions to these contestants’ dilemmas when watching this happen to them. This will improve your decision-making skills and your ability to think on your toes when you have to find a creative solution in your daily Life.
All in all, this show is dramatic and funny with temperamental camels and kicking stallions along with the calculating individuals that pit themselves against other people, instead of challenging themselves to accomplish the tasks presented to them. You have a good example of how to build a Team, how to look within yourself to unlock your own personal power, and how to keep going when you could just as easily quit. These attributes will serve you well in Life…
