Taking Chances

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances."... Julia Soul

Taking chances always requires a letting go of the controls in one manner or another, while traveling into unknown territory. Freewheeling on faith... stepping out of a comfort zone... or simply growing to meet whatever will surely come next are all valid examples of the demands of risking change. Alterations of any set pattern just naturally broadens the boundaries of our own personal orbit and it can do so in the most unpredictable fashion. And at times it can do it at lightning speed.

Let's take point of view, which I believe begins as a conditioned response that is mostly comprised of how we were trained to see things from birth to maturity. Any change to how we CHOOSE to view our surroundings is a life altering endeavor. And it begins with the knowledge that what we believe is often just borrowed from others in some fashion. Awakening to that foretells much study; meeting one's true and only self is empowering, liberating, and at times terrifying. Taking a chance on yourself can be the most intensely frightening experience... as well as the most rewarding.

True wisdom comes through trial and error, so if we never trust ourselves enough to chance a mistake we automatically limit our orbit and rob our minds of knowledge we can never absorb in any other fashion. Being safe often means being stunted and life has so much more to offer than the few miles we routinely inhabit. Fear is NOT our friend, but it is toooooo often our master. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!!