nly was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the cr

I was 6 at the time and we had just moved to this place that was near a creek. The creek was at the bottom of this steep hill, lots of fun racing down, but coming back up was tough, because it was so steep.

My brother and I went down to the creek and he knew how to swim and I didn’t. No help from him to learn, just heckling, as usual from a brother. I was standing at the edge of the creek, looking and wishing that I could just jump in and swim over to this big rock where my brother was. Only problem, it was deep, dark and I was frozen with fear. Would I get swept away, why was the water so dark, what was in that dark water anyway? All these questions and the fear mounted. I would just stand ankle deep and go no further. My brother kept yelling at me and calling me a chicken. I have to admit that I was.

As I was standing there, a guy that lived near us, we lived on a small farm and he lived about ? mile away, showed up. He was going fishing. First thing he asked was why I wasn’t in the water swimming. Now picture this, here was this guy who was over 6 feet tall, huge compared to me, standing next to me and talking in a nice way. He didn’t call me a chicken or berate me in anyway. I said I was afraid of the water. Why, he asked. Well I gave him all the excuses, didn’t know how to swim, too deep, too swift, dark, scary, etc.

Well, he said, I am going to teach you how to swim. I was shocked, not only was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the cre

I was standing at the edge of the creek, looking and wishing that I could just jump in and swim over to this big rock where my brother was. Only problem, it was deep, dark and I was frozen with fear. Would I get swept away, why was the water so dark, what was in that dark water anyway? All these questions and the fear mounted. I would just stand ankle deep and go no further. My brother kept yelling at me and calling me a chicken. I have to admit that I was.

As I was standing there, a guy that lived near us, we lived on a small farm and he lived about ? mile away, showed up. He was going fishing. First thing he asked was why I wasn’t in the water swimming. Now picture this, here was this guy who was over 6 feet tall, huge compared to me, standing next to me and talking in a nice way. He didn’t call me a chicken or berate me in anyway. I said I was afraid of the water. Why, he asked. Well I gave him all the excuses, didn’t know how to swim, too deep, too swift, dark, scary, etc.

Well, he said, I am going to teach you how to swim. I was shocked, not only was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the cr

and go no further. My brother kept yelling at me and calling me a chicken. I have to admit that I was.

As I was standing there, a guy that lived near us, we lived on a small farm and he lived about ? mile away, showed up. He was going fishing. First thing he asked was why I wasn’t in the water swimming. Now picture this, here was this guy who was over 6 feet tall, huge compared to me, standing next to me and talking in a nice way. He didn’t call me a chicken or berate me in anyway. I said I was afraid of the water. Why, he asked. Well I gave him all the excuses, didn’t know how to swim, too deep, too swift, dark, scary, etc.

Well, he said, I am going to teach you how to swim. I was shocked, not only was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the cr

r 6 feet tall, huge compared to me, standing next to me and talking in a nice way. He didn’t call me a chicken or berate me in anyway. I said I was afraid of the water. Why, he asked. Well I gave him all the excuses, didn’t know how to swim, too deep, too swift, dark, scary, etc.

Well, he said, I am going to teach you how to swim. I was shocked, not only was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the cr

nly was he talking nicely to me, but was actually going to show me how to swim. I mean, he was going fishing, but was going to take the time for me. Wow, a hero was born in that moment.

An hour later I knew how to swim underwater, hold my breath, kick my feet and paddle. I could SWIM!!

What an exciting moment, I was free from the edge of the creek, I could now jump in, swim to that rock, in the deep and not sink, not get swept away and nothing was in there to get me. Awesome, I could now swim with my brother and all the heckling stopped. The man who took the time to show me how to swim, left at that time and continued on his fishing trip. Shortly after, he and his family moved to the prairies and I never saw him again.

Years later, I sit at my computer, at the edge of the internet, and look in. It’s an ocean compared to that creek. I am again, fearful. I tell myself, it’s too deep, too swift; there are scary things that can get me. I read all these stories of people making incredible amounts of money, using the internet to market their goods. And, I read other stories of people losing incredible amounts of money, trying to market their goods.

So, I stand at the edge, not just to my ankles, I am up to my knees and venturing slowing into the deeper end. Where is that hero when I need him? Actually, there are a lot of good people, doing good things on the Internet and as I explore the deeper parts, it is not as scary as I imagined. I am learning more everyday and know it is just a matter of time and I will be swimming.

Expect Success,
Don Wilson