trying something new is always a bit daunting, at least for me. it's not that i don't love the challenge--i do--but the prospect of failure creates a fear seemingly ingrained into my DNA. usually this fear is unwarranted--usually i come out the other side unscathed and exhilarated and all the better for the experience. but i know that life is not always like this. the paths we take, the choices we make--they don't always turn out for the best. still, we trudge on, thrive, even, and live to take on a new challenge and a new day.
i'm grateful for the opportunity to try. i'm grateful for the opportunity to make scary choices, to make, sometimes, mistakes; to live through everything and learn from it all. i'm grateful that i've elected to not always take the easy path, the path most blindly trudged--i believe i gain immeasurably from each wrong turn, each new discovery, each time i push myself to face and confront and overtake the scary route. it's the scary route--the challenging route--which gains us greatness, in the end. and greatness is something we should all aspire toward, in whatever capacity it is that moves us.