Saw this on pinterest (A.K.A. the best website ever created!) and just had to share it! I already tweeted this quote today, "If not now, then when?" I don't know about any of you, but I am not the biggest risk-taker. I would love to be, but it's just not who I am. I mean, who wouldn't want to jump off a cliff into the ocean or be like Steve Irwin and wrestle a crockodile!? I realize those examples are a little extreme, but I'm assuming you see what I'm getting at? Whenever I see things like this though, it makes me want to kick all my fears out the door and go for it! Whatever it is....
I'm getting better with taking risks though. I think part of it has to do with regaining my confidance. I'll let you guys in on a little secret: I faked confidence for the first three years of high school. Fake it til you make it, right? I guess it kind of works. I just wish I hadn't wasted so much time worrying about what other people thought about me and focused more on what I thought about me. Easier said than done as many of us have realized. I think what I want to share with you all is that taking even the smallest risks can pay off. For instance, I stopped being a follower and a tag-along to one of my friends and started hanging out with the people I wanted to hang out with. It took me three years, three years! to be able to do that. It may not seem super risky to any of you (perhaps one of you is planning to wrestle a croc- CRIKEY!) but for me it was a big deal. I never was one to follow the crowd until high school. There's something about it that turns teenage girls into psycho, boy crazy obsessed, self-conscious, body-hating, emotional time-bombs. Honestly, walking through a high school hallway is like walking through a land mine. Watch where you step because you don't want to accidentally set off a bomb. Back to business... that small risk I took cost me one of my best friends. She didn't like that I no longer waited on the sidelines for her to call the shots. She couldn't stand that I was making new friends and the only friend she truly had left was her boyfriend. She's not a true friend. Risks help you open your eyes and see the truth.
I know jumping into new things is scary. That's why you just need to close your eyes and go for it! They don't call it a leap of faith for nothing. That minute you spend debating whether or not to do something could be a minute you spend saying, "Thank you, God! This is the best thing that I've ever done!" And you know what? Even if everything fails, you can walk away knowing you tried. The only thing worse than failing is regretting. Do you agree?
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