29/09/2024
When you learn to follow your heart, you risk nothing. It may feel like you are risking much, but in reality the 'risk' is just an interpretation. You'll most likely be outside your comfort zone so you'll feel uncomfortable feelings. But from there the magic happens... the Flow! Unfortunately we've been programmed... conditioned... to avoid the discomfort... to not take risks... so we miss out on the magic.
David Henry Thoreau once said, 'Most people live lives of quiet desperation and go to their graves with the song still in their hearts.'
Are you 'most people'?
'Let me tell you something about nature. Nature never allows you to fall on your face if you take risks - never. It goes like this; if you laugh you risk appearing to be a fool. If you weep, you risk appearing to be sentimental. If you reach out for another, you risk rejection. If you love, you risk not being loved in return. If you place your dreams in front of the crowd - as we do - you risk ridicule. If you go forward in the face of overwhelming odds, you risk failure but risk must be taken for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing. That person may avoid suffering, pain and embarrassment but that individual will not learn, grow, feel, love or change. Only the person who takes risks is truly free.'
- Chris Eubank