We, humans, make some strange decisions.
We’re so afraid to ask the girl out that we don’t ask and never get to go out with her.
We’re so afraid of criticism that we hide our artwork, but then nobody gets to see it.
We’re so afraid of pain that we avoid pleasure.
We’re so afraid of looking bad that we don’t put ourselves out there and realize we come across pretty well.
We’re so afraid of getting hurt, we avoid anything except the banalest and dullest of pursuits.
We’re so afraid of death that we never try to live.
If only we could make ourselves believe that everything has a risk associated with it. Everything worthwhile has a possibility of a downside to us, but if we do enough worthwhile stuff, some might backfire, but most of it will go pretty well.
If we could only believe that, we’d all be much more willing to take risks and do great things.