Take A Risk

Now that the new year is among us, I welcome 2016 with open arms, a smile, and clear a mind. With the experiences of 2015 and the years before, I want this year to be filled with risk. Now when I say risk, I don’t mean choices between life and death. I don’t want to go sky diving, or drive a 100 miles per hour blind folded through 42nd street. Taking a risk is not just a choice between life or death, but it can also mean a choice between getting hurt or being safe emotionally. I think that sometimes we are afraid to give life a chance because of the threat of being embarrassed or not living up to expectations. We don’t fully love who we want to love, we don’t study what we really want to study, and we don’t choose to be who we really want to be, because there is a chance that it might not work out. This year I will not let the threat of getting hurt stop me, I am going to make choices that may not be rewarding at the moment, but will payoff in the long run. I am going to make choices that I tend to stray away from because it makes me feel uncomfortable, and I am going to continue to be who I am. I've realized that taking a risk is a necessity if I want to actually live an eventful life, gain knowledge, and connect with people. If there is no actual reward in the end, so be it, but nothing can take the experience from me, and the ability to say that I tried.