Taking that risk

Taking risks is no easy feat, in fact it's a proposition that most of us will often avoid. Unless we are guaranteed the outcome, we fear what 'could' happen, those 'what-ifs' getting in the way. But 'what-if' we were to turn around that thinking? What-if the failure could bring us more benefits than the success itself?

When we are working on new things, or facing challenges that we're trying to overcome, we all want that 'perfect' journey where success is guaranteed. The reality is, however, that we are not promised perfection and success, well it's not always inevitable. AND, the joy is in the journey itself for that is where we learn more than we could possibly imagine.

Think about that for a moment. The lessons we learn come not from the success, but the road we traveled to get there. We are gifted more insight into ourselves by traveling those tricky roads and we discover things that we would have missed if it weren't for that tough journey we took.

So today I DARE you to travel down that challenging path, to take that risk, or face that fear. I DARE you to embrace the adventure that it takes you on and whether you succeed or not, you are going to come out the other side with far more than you began with.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that failing is what we should be aiming for and sure, we want to be the best possible version of ourselves that we can be. AND, sometimes it's ok if we just take a detour to get there and that's what we should embrace.

So here's to the ugly route of getting somewhere, to taking that risk, and not needing to be perfect. I promise that you'll always get to where you want but the scenic route is just that, more beautiful and scenic!! Go get it .... it's worth the risk!!