I’m a worrier by nature. I’ve kind of always been. Some people worry about growing old or about meeting a menacing stranger in a dark alley. I’ve always worried about being in a situation where I won’t have enough control.
You know Warren Buffett’s famous quote: “When you build a bridge, you insist it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000 pound trucks across it.” To that I give a hearty amen. But that’s a great principle when it comes to investing; it’s a lousy one when it comes to living.
Life wasn’t meant to be lived in the middle. It’s amiable there, but are you really living if you always play it safe? Life is about whispering at the breaking dawn and shouting into the wild wind. Yes, no matter how greatly you dare to live and dare to dream, some days you’ll still end up in the grocery store lane with the slow checker and behind the person with 26 items in their cart instead of 15. But even on those days you will know the riches of the life you are living are all your own.
Life isn’t formulaic. It’s fascinating and frightening. It’s relentless and unforgiving. It’s bittersweet and broken. It’s buoyant and baritone.
It’s only given once.
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Here’s a great article on Rep. Tammy Duckworth in which she says, “Just get out of your own way and just go try it. What’s the worst thing that can happen? I’m not going to lose my legs again.”
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