For Fear Of Pain

It's been a while so I figured I should let my future self know that I'm currently well and with a few things on my mind.

"Yeah, yeah and it’s O.K.
I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.
Yeah, yeah and I’m alright.
I took a sip of something poison but I’ll hold on tight."
- - Foster The People, "Helena Beat"

Every now and then one is confronted with a murky through an unlit wood - destination unknown. We are often afraid to proceed forward for fear of pain, pangs and pitfalls, especially if our experiences have taught us that those three outcomes are possible (and maybe in certain cases even plausible). Whether the path deals with career, love, various relationships or any factor that requires our time, energy, emotion and intimacy never matters. Only the decisions we take matter, and, unfortunately, their effects are never known until it's too late, for better or worse.

Cheers to risk taking, expecting the worst and wishing for the best.