“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela
I believe the day they told me it is ok to take the easy way I was not paying attention. It is funny which lessons we decide to absorb and which ones to ignore and how we tend to throw out the window more and more lessons as we get older.
We see our parents abandoning everything they taught us, just to present us with the contrary; telling you it does not matter. This is probably the way it goes. The way grandparents are made. The ones who feel entitled to overlook your judgment and give the children whatever they want.
My whole life I complained about getting the hard way and now, as much as I tell myself; the easy way is not the one I am inclined to take. I am not sure if it is the force of habit or simply the only way to grow or maybe it is just an addiction. The rush of the unknown. The adventure lying ahead or just fear of regret. Do you ever get it? I think the day I will die I will probably have a second to ask myself what have I done with my life? Am I happy with it? Do I have regrets? And they say you will only regret the decisions you did not make, the chances you did not take. So, I am taking them, and fear is the only thing standing between us. Fear is the thing that will not stop me. The worst thing that can happen is failure and failure is what we need to grow.
So, walk with me towards those stomach cramps, towards the nausea and trembling trying to stop us. And I hope you too will find the strength to keep up the fight. There will be times when you will feel weak, times you will want to give up. Let us savour that feeling, take a break and keep going.
Aromatic deception 