On Risk taking

[ambitious_wench]

My grandmother used to tell me:

"Edie, Don't be afraid of the unknown. Take a chance. Columbus did!"

I used to live by that. But I can't remember the last time I said that, or thought it.

Take a chance. Columbus did.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I'm seriously considering making a big change to my NaNoWriMo novel. George would have to wait for another time to have his life story told.

I think I'm going to write poetry.

A
Lot
of
Poetry.

Gods.

Take a chance, Edie, Columbus did.

(to which fuzzy replied: and what did it get him, it got his brother eaten, that's what it got)

Comments

I don't really know where I heard this, (apart from it wasn't from family)

[stilkil.livejournal.com]

I'm rather fond of, "a life lived in fear, is a life half lived". I think its some sort of spanish proverb(sp?).

Of course, these things are always easier said than actually done.
To do it usually requires _real_ courage, and sometimes you have to look really, really hard to find it ;-)

good luck!