Against the odds

Are you the sort of person who asks, "when will they ever learn?" You may secretly wish you had the courage to take chances other people do, even if they don't always end up with their desired outcomes.  Maybe hearing about and even knowing some of these people is causing you to think it might be time to give up some of your fears and false beliefs.  After all, consider the barriers you have built up around them.  What do you prevent yourself from experiencing or achieving?

From the point you decided you desired more of certain things in life, you resolved to do what was required.  In your mind, you thought of reaching out to take what you could, but you didn't have the audacity.  Instead, you chose to follow set rules and systems, adopting the status quo.  You did what was expected, and you gradually moved up the ranks.  Perhaps you even lost your nerve to take chances.  What would it have mattered anyway, you think, unless it might've cost you your position or peer respect? You came to feel brute force was the way to separate winners and losers, yet, you've come to feel having what you've gained is missing something.

A voice inside is urging you to evolve away from that which you thought you were, in order to accept who you are.  You're realizing that protecting yourself from what you wish to experience is no longer the way to go.  You will stop justifying why you refuse to take that chance.  You're thinking it makes more sense to expend effort toward acting rather than listening to your doubt. 

It's time to ask yourself a few questions: is it possible some of your past choices weren't the ones you really desired to make? Is it possible that by taking a risk now to do things differently, that you would learn things about yourself that could change everything?  Is it possible that inviting yourself to step out of your comfort zone could be exhilarating, life-altering and transform you for the better? 

It's true some people appear content as they are.  Still other people refuse to accept a possibility of new ideas, and prefer not to try to understand them.   Each day, in everything you do, you live the results of your assessment and your choices.  By doing something or not doing something, you're responsible for the risks you consider and your reactions.  What would it take for you to alter some of your conditioned beliefs, to rethink your ways, and evolve new points of view?