Trumpet legend Louis Armstrong grew up in rural Louisiana at the turn of the previous century. He told about his Aunt Haddie Mae sending him down to the pond to fetch a bucket of water. As he leaned over to get the water, an alligator surfaced and nearly scared him to death. He dropped the pail and ran back to the house as fast as he could.

Seeing he hadn’t brought the bucket with him, Aunt Haddie Mae asked him where the water was. Breathless, he told her about the alligator. She said, “You go back down there and fetch that water. And don’t you worry about that alligator. He’s just as afraid of you as you are of him.”

Louis replied, “Aunt Haddie Mae, if that alligator’s as afraid of me as I am of him, that water ain’t fit to drink!”

What’s your greatest fear?