LuciferSam
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I read somewhere that "the man who has the will to risk it all has the power to gain all". This is what life is all about, the risks, every choice we make can be attributed in someway to a risk, if you make a choice to go out today there is a risk you could get run over by a car, its a little cliched I'm sure but the thing is the results can be more than you imagined.
I want to contribute my analogy to you guys, I am pretty psyched about it because when I looked back it made so much sense.
Right, relax. Picture yourself standing on the side of a road. the otherside is where you want to be, its your goal, your final destination so to speak. It looks so good to be there, to experience it's beauty and what it can offer.
You are about to take that step across the road and your good foot touches down on it then a sudden feeling crosses your very soul.
"What if I go to cross the road and i get hit by a car?"
Suddenly your stomach and chest tighten. That familiar feeling of you heart racing fast to pump the blood around your body. Your muscles tensing...you feel sick. Its true, if you cross a car may hit you.
You sweat and place both feet back on the roadside, back in your comfort zone. You turn and walk down the roadside, carrying on with your routine, all the time you catch a glance of the otherside and what you are missing out on. This is the point where you get annoyed with yourself and after this regret sets in, and a life of regret is dangerous, if you let it it will burn you up.
Now, remember when you were standing at the roadside and your good foot was on the road, you never took the time to even consider this:
"What if i don't get hit by a car?" You never even thought about the prize, the prize, the otherside, it probably would have been worth getting hit by a car.
The car applies to whatever that risk is in yourlife. It does not mean mindlessly running into the road, you still have to look left and right before crossing (thats being mindful and aware)
I have successfully spotted many places in my life where this would have helped me, like when I just couldn't conjure up the guts to ask that girl out becasue i was scared about the rejection so much. When its applied you realise alot of lifes fears come from imagined threats.
I want to contribute my analogy to you guys, I am pretty psyched about it because when I looked back it made so much sense.
Right, relax. Picture yourself standing on the side of a road. the otherside is where you want to be, its your goal, your final destination so to speak. It looks so good to be there, to experience it's beauty and what it can offer.
You are about to take that step across the road and your good foot touches down on it then a sudden feeling crosses your very soul.
"What if I go to cross the road and i get hit by a car?"
Suddenly your stomach and chest tighten. That familiar feeling of you heart racing fast to pump the blood around your body. Your muscles tensing...you feel sick. Its true, if you cross a car may hit you.
You sweat and place both feet back on the roadside, back in your comfort zone. You turn and walk down the roadside, carrying on with your routine, all the time you catch a glance of the otherside and what you are missing out on. This is the point where you get annoyed with yourself and after this regret sets in, and a life of regret is dangerous, if you let it it will burn you up.
Now, remember when you were standing at the roadside and your good foot was on the road, you never took the time to even consider this:
"What if i don't get hit by a car?" You never even thought about the prize, the prize, the otherside, it probably would have been worth getting hit by a car.
The car applies to whatever that risk is in yourlife. It does not mean mindlessly running into the road, you still have to look left and right before crossing (thats being mindful and aware)
I have successfully spotted many places in my life where this would have helped me, like when I just couldn't conjure up the guts to ask that girl out becasue i was scared about the rejection so much. When its applied you realise alot of lifes fears come from imagined threats.