Be Vulnerable
What I've learned recently is that real strength comes from letting yourself be vulnerable. I've learned to live hard, take risks and do things that terrify you because sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith to get everything you wanted.
If you like someone, fuck mind games, let it be known. With the exception of unsolicited photos. Yes, I'm speaking to guys specifically. DO NOT SEND THAT PHOTO. Do not send anything unsolicited.
Anyway- if you feel like dancing to your favorite song in the middle of a non dancing crowd, do it. Try pitching that idea you've had that would benefit everyone at work to your senior manager. Move to a new country. Find a new job. Ask for a raise. Travel solo. Open an online store. Make a prototype.
Go skydiving.
Take a trip to Cuba. I'll tell you about mine later.
Get out of your comfort zone and do something that terrifies you. Yes going to Cuba was a terrifying idea considering this was before it was technically legal.
The worst that can happen is being rejected. Stop fearing rejection and let yourself be vulnerable. Rejection isn't the end of the world. Yeah it hurts, your pride just got smashed into pieces but quit whining over it. Your next opportunity might be around the corner whether it is a new business venture or a romantic interest.
Don't worry, you'll get over it quicker than you would expect. This may sound a bit insensitive but I mean it in a sense that I trust that you're resilient enough to be able to bounce back from it.
Unless you like to live with a bunch of "what if's".
I know I don't. Which is why I'm planning on moving out of the US for a while once I'm finally done with undergrad. It's a terrifying idea to move to a city with no family or friends, but I don't want to regret it down the road and wish that I had done it when I was younger.
Truthfully I want to move there now, but I love my job and I'm doing so well in all of my classes. I've worked too hard these past six months to create a life for myself that I'm not ready to leave yet. If I can't live abroad now, I might as well go out and travel as much as I can.Which is why I'm trying to travel either with friends or even solo, four times this year.
Anyway I'm getting a little bit off topic. Point is, allow yourself to be vulnerable. Do things that terrify you.
"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."
-Les Brown
To live with no regrets means allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and tackling what terrifies us.
Live hard. Love hard. Cry hard. Work hard.
Whole heartedly dedicate yourself to whatever it is that you're doing. You're not truly living if you're just holding your self back for the fear of whatever it is. Be vulnerable and trust that you will persevere whatever it may be.
-Love Rié
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