We can travel through life too safely at times. We get into routines that are familiar and predictable. We get comfortable and suddenly anything out of the ordinary seems imprudent or foolhardy. We dismiss new opportunities out of hand because we are uneasy or even fearful. If it's a new relationship, we are uncertain the other person can be trusted. If it's the possibility of a new job, or even a completely new career, we flinch in fear that we will have to move, or leave our friends, or lose our ability to go to our favorite hang-outs. If it's a new personal challenge confronting us, we fear we won't have the courage or fortitude to see things through.
Life has its dicey elements, and things may or may not work out the way we hope. We can take risks and be surprised at our capability to navigate our way through the dicey bits, or we can hedge our bets, settle into the comfort of what is known, predictable, and familiar and wonder why our lives seem lackluster.
So, if you have a dream to do something, take your first baby steps toward that dream. If you want to try something you've never done before, put on your courage boots and get to steppin'! You may find some nervous moments along the way, but you will at least have dared to try!
Life has its dicey elements, and things may or may not work out the way we hope. We can take risks and be surprised at our capability to navigate our way through the dicey bits, or we can hedge our bets, settle into the comfort of what is known, predictable, and familiar and wonder why our lives seem lackluster.
So, if you have a dream to do something, take your first baby steps toward that dream. If you want to try something you've never done before, put on your courage boots and get to steppin'! You may find some nervous moments along the way, but you will at least have dared to try!
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