Existing

So it would seem that I am back in the saddle on this little blog of mine. This morning I am motivated by two young people that are very important to me. They are young and in love and they are doing their best to navigate this thing called life. They face challenges everyday just like the rest of us, but I admire them because they don't back down. I admire them because they just keep fighting for what they feel like is important. I admire them because they have decided that living a life together is far more important than just existing.

Many of us choose to exist. We choose to give reasons why we can't move forward. We qualify everything without trying anything. At the end of the day we miss out on so much. We miss out on experiences. We miss out on growth. We miss out on love. We waste the time that we have been given because we are so afraid of getting it wrong. We are so afraid of being hurt again. So afraid of being disappointed. And though we don't admit it...would never imagine it was true, the thing we are most afraid of is being loved.