Your only young once

Somewhere along the path of achievement we lose our sense of wonder. The kind of wonder we had when we were five and we discovered that fire was hot, that fire can burn you. We knew it was dangerous but we still played with it because our curiosity got the best of us. We took risk passing our fingers through the flame and only then did we discover that only the tip of the flame burns. When we were young we were not reluctant to take risk, we were not afraid to fail. I guess somewhere along the way we become paralyzed at the thought of not being successful. I say we go off of the charted territory, take a chance and make a leap. You only have one chance at happiness and success, if you stay safe then you potential will remain safe, but if you aim high your potential will aim even higher. J.K. Rowling has an interesting quote: "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case, you fail by default." I don't know about anyone else, but when i'm older i don't want to regret not going forward in my potential. I would rather fail trying to accomplish something than to fail by default because i was too afraid to make a move. So i guess my message to the youth and anyone reading this is follow your dreams, though you may (more likely than not) fail at least you failed trying instead of failing by default. Reach for the heavens and take that leap and most importantly trust in God for the outcome.