getting hurt isn't just a consequence or punishment – it’s an essential ingredient to our growth. The whole of living is wrapped up in pain. It’s about the giving too much and the going too hard and the f.ucking up and falling apart and then piecing yourself back together. Life is about learning from each other, growing through relationships, letting a person or a situation or an opportunity change the way you think and look at and react to the world around you. And of course that’s going to sometimes end in pain. Pain is an essential component of living – it’s not something we can choose to avoid. Telling someone “I don’t want to see you get hurt” is also telling them, “I don’t want to see you grow.” It’s telling them, “I don’t want you to feel love.” “I don’t want things to change for you.” “I don’t want your life to be a dynamic and continuous unfolding that teaches and inspires and ultimately strengthens you as a result of what you’ve been through.” Telling someone you don’t want to see them get hurt is telling them you do not want them to fully experience their lives… because you don’t want to witness their struggle.
your comfort zone is a prison cell — one that constrains your full potential and confines you from the boundless opportunity the world outside it has to offer and the only person with the power to free you from this penitentiary of senseless insecurity is you. And that is the most wonderful part — in your hands and heart you hold the key to unlocking all of your life’s potential and all of the possibilities therein, you decide the length of your sentence, and the minute you make the decision to be free, you will find venturing out of your comfort zone only gets easier, because it will become clearer and clearer with every risk you take that all of your reservations and fears are completely unfounded. — How Saying Yes to Every Little Thing Healed Me
seafoam* posted a quote
December 23, 2015 12:48pm UTC
Listen to me, mistake or not, I think you should go for it. Hurl yourself headfirst into whatever this life throws your way with utter ruthlessness and disregard. Because looking back, no matter what happens, it will always be easier to accept the things you did do, than the things you did not.
jennyracinggirl posted a quote
February 17, 2015 12:15am UTC
โIโve been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how itโs really just about overcoming your fears. Because the truth is, every time you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it turns out, you're always glad you took it."
Hershel: You walk outside, you risk your life. You take a drink of water, you risk your life. Nowadays you breath and you risk your life. You don't have a choice. The only thing you can choose is what you're risking it for. -The Walking Dead RIP Hershel
collapse* posted a quote
July 22, 2013 12:04am UTC
Get your hand off my hip, and kiss my lips {kiss my lips} kiss me all over Are you gonna take that RISK? {Take that risk} 'cause were only getting older I said kiss my lips, I know you weren't expecting this tonight but baby that's me Please don't remove this!