Speaking of doing things that are unsafe, I have been working a lot with paper and with taking pictures of things I draw on paper, and with letting the paper show on the screen. Oh, and there was that thing with the alligator.
Are there any life risks you are wavering about? Have there been?
aw. so sad.
There have been many. From 14 to 18 I took every risk possible and more than once. These days are a bit more quiet. My risks now include Do I bother risking an argument or should I just clean up after everyone too lazy to do it themselves. Thrilling eh?
Holding the mess back is force against force, a steady equilibrium. What if you run with it? Add to the mess, charge with it in the same direction and see where that road down the canyon leads!
I was wavering over renting a houseboat on the Great Slave Lake for three months, but I decided to do it. I move in today, HOORAY!!
I wavered for a long time about whether to transition, all the while avoiding almost every positive risk I could take. Since I decided to go forward with it, I’m like a new man, ready to face challenges instead of hiding.
I’m an American citizen and technically an illegal immigrant in another country, one that has become more of a home to me than anywhere else I’ve been in my life. As a result, I’m constantly wavering. Do I remain with the person I love, the family that has taken me in as its own, even such a decision leads to a possible dead-end in my own independent life and career? Or do I cut my losses, return to the space in which I’m legally accepted, and throw myself into the everyday world of the American everyman? I’ve sacrificed nearly every bit of my life to date to safe decisions. These last few years have been filled with anything but. I’m not sure if I’m cut out for them, or to answer for such recklessness.
‘Still drowning, clutching at straws…’
Marillion’s ‘Clutching at Straws’ seems so appropriate for this. Safety, stagnation, or adventure/change? ‘Even if you do not choose, you still have made a choice!’ (Rush, ‘Today’s Tom Sawyer’)
One never knows what decision is safe until it’s too late…
All of life is a risk. We just feel more comfortable with some risks than with others. Or notice them less.
“I’m the girl from the coffee shop!”….I Dont know if ur reading this post,…but thanx! :) The website is pretty cool! Thanx again for the cards! :)
That was fast! I’m glad you like the cards and the site, and I hope that you come back again and again. Now that you’ve posted a first comment, all your future ones should show up right away, as long as you use the same name and email. Thanks for checking in.
It’s safest to regret the things we can’t change. If you regret things you can change it opens the door to doing something about it. Most would rather just regret. Taking action is indeed risky.