Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.  Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.  Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

—Helen Keller

I wish more people adopted this mentality.  It’s one I openly embrace—have my whole life.  Our time here is fleeting.  I believe that we’re meant to make the most of it.  Learn all that we can.  Absorb as many experiences as present themselves to us, not shy away from them.  For if we shy away, how can we ever expect to grow.  If we don’t allow our boundaries to be pushed just beyond our comfort levels, how will we know if we will take a liking to something new?

If a blind, deaf, mute woman, locked within the confines of her own mind, could see the beauty of the world around her and openly embrace new encounters that pushed her comfort levels, then who are we to resist?