Friday, October 23, 2009

The Trapeze Artist.

People are always going on about how no matter how high you dream of living, you have to have some sort of security. Something to fall safely back on if your plans and dreams don't come true. And to the average person, I guess that would make sense. But the thing is, could it be that having a safety net holds us back from giving our all? It's a little bit like being a trapeze artist. Knowing there's literally no safety net to fall back on, they do a much bigger effort not to fall. And they don't. Because they know that if they do, they're literally done for. Maybe that's how sure and passionate we ought to be about our dreams, about the things we believe in. We could either have it all or be nothing. Maybe with the knowledge that we have no 'either or', that we have no other option than that to grab that swinging trapeze or die would drive us to success.
Why should you not believe in yourself enough to think you need something to fall back on? Just so you can have yet another excuse to give up at the fist sign of turbulence?
A safety net can keep you from crashing but well, it works both ways. What keeps you from falling, traps you.
So what I ask is; have you got the guts? Have you got the guts to do what you dream of?

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