Often the risks that we do not take are the ones that would most improve our lives.
The type of risk I’m discussing has no moral danger, nor physical danger in its action. We don’t take such risks not because they have any danger inherent in the action but because we are afraid to do so. We are scared.
There at the bounds of our comfort lies our constraints. Doing that thing which scares us pushes back the envelope of comfort, and expands our horizon.
We fear that we may be scarred by a negative result of doing that thing. People may laugh at us. We may mess it up. However, it is far better to walk with a scar than to be paralysed from fear and die of regret. Even the scar itself reminds us our fears have been conquered. Take courage, take a risk and lose regret.
