Not just people but loving anything and putting your whole heart into something can be terrifying. At least it is for me. I don't like to get hurt so I live very cautiously and sometimes too cautiously. Something I have been thinking about lot lately is this:
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
I had a conversation with a friend the other day where we were discussing how it would be nice if we didn't have to sleep. We would have more time to spend with the people we loved and more time doing the things we loved. I told him that I would be scared to see what I would do with all that extra time because I feel like I already fill up my time with just things. I realized that if I didn't make time for the people I loved and to do the things I loved already I probably wouldn't make time either with 8 extra hours in the day. Sometimes it's hard to say no and to realize you can't make everyone happy all the time. At least for me. But I've realized that I need to take those risks of completely loving and being vulnerable, and making sacrifices for better things. I need to take the risk of putting my whole heart into something I love and into people I love and not be afraid of disappointment or let down because if I knew I could not fail that's exactly what I would do. I would be a kind, a committed, an honest, an adventurous, and feeling person who knew how to love deeply. I'd be me and nothing or no one else. If I couldn't fail I'd take the risk to do what my heart told me to do. With that attitude I still might fail but by getting up and believing I could not fail again I would accomplish much more and grow much more.
It is a risk to love. It is a risk to live but, if we don't take the risk....what will we accomplish?
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