straight line.

life is not a straight line. it’s full of valleys and hills and dips. things that shake us up and scare us.

life is not a straight line. it is our duty as humans, to take these dips and valleys with stride. to embrace them fully and learn from them.

sadly, some people live their lives trying to achieve a straight-line life. no adventures, nothing to shake them up; nothing to scare them out of their mind. they don’t want to be scared. because when you’re scared, you aren’t safe.

these people are safe. too safe if you ask me. they will live their whole life never knowing anything else but their safe little bubble they’ve built. they may try, but will get angry at how hard and different it is. they will return to where they came from, and fall back into the same safe, peaceful place they’ve always known. they may talk of trying it again, but never will. they are safe and safe is good.

but ask anyone who has made themselves uncomfortable. is safe really good? have you ever really learned anything from not trying new things and putting yourself out there? they will tell you no. that “i was dead when i was safe. this, this right here is life.”

i pray and chant and meditate that these safe people will throw themselves into life soon. stop being so afraid. stop being so hard on yourself. you can do it. there’s so much more to the world than your safe little bubble. i promise.

throw yourself out of a plane, climb a mountain, live with an indigenous group for a month. get uncomfortable, get weird, get out of your element.

it’s so much better out here,

in those

valleys

and

dips.

/enna.paz