Monday, September 15, 2008

Death and Taxes

Life is full of doubts, uncertainties, unknown scary things. Running away from them is running away from life itself. And that is as certain as death and taxes (which are in fact the only true certainties in life).
"Do one thing every day that scares you", goes the song.
Facing your fears will make you grow into a bigger, better person. It will allow you to discover new and fantastic things about life, things you'd never imagine existed.
It is scary, and it involves risk. The higher the risk, the higher the thrill. Love is the greatest risk of all, with the highest reward. As William Parrish so well put it in "Meet Joe Black":
Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived.