The Challenge: Taking Risks or Playing it Safe??

Do you want to take the challenge??? OK, I know it’s not your typical topic sentence, but it’s the question I want to propose to you. DO YOU WANT TO PLAY IT SAFE, OR TAKE RISKS??

I ask you……how do you want to play it???

The reason this topic has come up is I realized that if I’m here to help you find the path to nirvana, then I need to address some of the hurdles that might come up along the way.

Years ago, I was watching some documentary (don’t ask me which one???) and the interviewer was asking people in their 80’s and 90’s if they regretted anything about their past. Hands down, most everyone said…….”I wish I took more risks”.

With that, my entire inner being took over and thought……”I never want to have that regret”!! As uncomfortable as I might get going through my world and taking the risks I need to take, I would rather have those uncomfortable feelings than play it safe.

THEN, the question comes up……..how do I get out of my rut of playing it safe?? What is my first move? What if I’m too scared to take another path? What happens if I fail?? Who will be there to catch me if I fall??

The list goes on and on………

With all our insecure thoughts, it’s important to understand that we have as much potential to feed ourselves “positive” thoughts as it is to drown ourselves in “negative” ones. Those positive thoughts that make us smile……get us outdoors to breathe in fresh air……..to hold our head high and go out into the world and get what we want from it. It is possible!!!

So why is it we allow ourselves to carry such insecure thoughts?? What does it accomplish?? Where does it take us?? Most likely you are answering “I have no idea” to all of these questions. If that is your truth, then AGAIN, I ask you……

How do you want to play it????

If I might make a suggestion………I say “Take the Risks!!!!” What have you to lose?

Here’s the thing about failing…….it doesn’t exist!! I’m serious!! Failing is something our society has created. Can anyone really measure success or failure??

I think not!!

As always, measure your life according to your own set of rules……no one elses!! Throw the rule book away!!! In fact, RIGHT NOW I want you to go write down on a piece of paper all those “negative” thoughts that keep you from moving forward. GO!!!! Make it as long or as short as you like!

Now, take that piece of paper and get rid of it!!!! Burn it, throw it far away, rip it up……..whatever you want, but know that once it’s gone……IT’S GONE!!!!

Now, take a deep breath and begin....

How do you want to embrace today? What do you want for yourself tomorrow? Where do you want to be right now!!

Have it your way……..your life is not for anyone else to decide. It’s precisely that……..YOUR LIFE!!

GO LIVE IT!!!

Peace Sideways, Helene