"oh well's"

i read today "better to have a life of 'oh well's' than a life of 'what if's"...

and as much heartache as i have experienced by taking chances on life...on opportunities...on people...i have to say, i'd rather have taken the chances than look back wonder what might have been if i had been willing to risk something...

we run scared, us humans...scared to happy as much as sad...and i think we're more scared of success than failure, to be honest...and that fear disguises itself as logic, as reason, as practicality...it tells us that we are being smart not to take the risks...that we are better off safe...

but are we?

at what cost?

we could be missing out on the most amazing thing to ever come into our life and the only thing keeping us from it is our refusal to take a chance...to try...our fear...

i don't know about you, but i'll side with the risk-taking dreamer every time...the odds are historically in their favor...and i believe GOD is on their side...

so what the storm is raging...so what you can't swim, you're afraid you'll drown...so what it's the craziest thing to step out of a boat into a tempestuous sea...peter did it and walked on water...i think i'd like to do a little walking, too...