Sonam Kapoor leads a good life by embracing her fears.

‘I believe that the youth of India have the power to bring in a change. We like to take on challenges and do not fear to go the extra mile. I am a person who follows this maxim. I like to experiment and give my best to each and every aspect of my life, be it work or personal life. And thus adventure sports give me that sense of achievement whenever I can embrace my fears head on. Right since my childhood days, I have been fascinated with the open skies and deep seas. Thus during my recent film shoot at Queenstown in New Zealand, I was very keen to skydive. With expert skydiving help at hand, I went ahead with the ritual of suiting up, sitting in a plane which rose in the sky and gradually gained altitude and then came the moment when I had to dive from 15,000 feet. It was exciting as the sight of the surrounding clouds and mountain peaks from up there was truly amazing. While I was a bit apprehensive in the beginning, I knew I could do it. And the dive turned out to be was so worth it. I touched down perfectly and the skydiving expert congratulated me on a good landing. I was euphoric. That moment was fabulous and the dive made me understand that fears only exist in the mind. Once faced, they clear off. In life too, I prefer to go this way by facing hurdles and coming out a winner.’