to follow the discourse.
You've really only got two options here. You're going to fail miserably or have the best time of your life. Are you willing to risk the fear of something bad for the possibility of something good? Every moment in life is based on yes and no answers. Imagine you're sitting at a stop sign, gripping the leather beneath your palms; looking left, right, left ... then right, then straight, then back to left. Sometimes you'll have 3 different ways to go, sometimes 4 or 5 even. Then sometimes you come to a dead end and have to turn around. Which way is going to take you to the other side? And maybe all of them will lead to the other side, but the view will simply be different.
Have you ever looked back on your life and thought, "I'm ok with the mistakes I've made. I can handle the cuts and bruises because each one of them is a testament as to the fact that I'm still here. And each has their own story and lesson." You didn't get on a bike and know how to ride it right away. You had training wheels and the wind in your face, then your dad's encouraging assistance and a wobbling front tire, and finally, you reach the point when you never forget how to do it on your own.
I look at the people I've encountered at different points in my life and wish it hadn't been only a learning experience; that I wish my mistakes and theirs didn't mean the end all be all but how else would we learn? Every path has a different outlook and outcome; it's better that way. It's a constant battle of wanting to move forward to further yourself and falling back to what you already learned from.
No, you're not always going to understand the reasoning behind the madness of your own decisions but you're always going to come out with a new perspective. Life is about experience, about learning by doing both the good and the bad things.
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
