Costly Dreams

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"There is always a risk to follow your bliss, a price to pursue your passion."... James A. Ray

I know painfully well the cost involved of trusting the wrong person with the precious things that are conceived inside the mind, nurtured in the soul, and born from the heart. But on the other side of the same coin, I know that past agony can make us mistrust too easily. Denying life to something the world would benefit from because we "might" be wounded again is a common reason to abandon the whole thing and walk away.

But regret is one of the heaviest emotions known to man, lugging it around for life is a stiff penalty to pay for avoiding a "might" happen. Making a balanced risk is almost impossible with every wall ever built against pain, popping up in the way and tipping the scale. And losing out completely is certain if you lack the nerve to answer opportunity's knock. Ennie, meanie, minie, moe.... feels like danger any way I go... Yet, to not try admits defeat.
A quitter never won a race, dead last is his only point of fame. Chances taken are what gives life its magic.

Dreams brought to life sometimes have the power to make the world a much gentler place. And even if it's only your own personal orbit that gets altered, any life enriched, enriches many. Our touch is never ever confined only to those within arms reach; the one's we touch, touch other's, who touch other's, etc, etc, etc. I've learned that one dream come true is worth whatever pain came before. Without chances taken my life would be so very different.

If I hadn't of had enough nerve to get on a plane... Well, all who know me know what that chance earned and what joy it inspires. If I live to be a hundred and can still conceive a notion worth dream status, I suppose I'll always be unwilling to suffer through the "what if's" that come from not at least peeking out the door. And if I refuse to alter the things important to my soul then any chance, even the wrong one, can never cost more than I can afford to pay. I like who i am. If the chance I take doesn't alter that then I can survive with ease. And so can you. Think about it.... let it ride.... then decide!!!!