July 23, 2013

  • The Adventure

    "I am leaving my company to work for a startup."

    "Quitting my job to travel."

    "Moving across country to be with him."

    "Leaving my girlfriend for her."

    Risk.  We want what is on the other side of the mountain while refusing to leave the comforts of our own home.   What is worse is when we are willing to venture out into the world, we are still filled with doubt.  Doubt that what we are moving towards is worth it.  This doubt coupled with our friends' efforts to protect us from hurting ourselves makes the journey that much harder.

    At the end of the day, the path towards love and greatness must be traveled alone.  Only you know the love you feel and only you know the greatness you seek.  Others can and will always try to empathize, but your life is not theirs to live.   

    I don't know the answers.  I don't know where we are going. But I am willing to take the risks.  

    I believe the hardest thing we will ever do is to leave what we know is good in hope for what is great.

     

Comments (11)

  • great post man. reminds me of that batman scene where dude's trying to get out of the cave but can't until he makes "the leap" without the rope. sometimes, that's the only choice you have. 

  • I don't know if I necessarily agree.  Perhaps I'm somewhat of a sado-masochist or I'm just a glutton for punishment, but I've often relished the challenges of the unknown side of the mountain over the comforts of home.  Of course, this action alone comes with punishment and I can't tell you how many times that I have had to bear the cross of being labeled as "crazy," or "wreckless," or "foolish," or an "idiot."Of course, everyone said these things with the best of intentions.  They only wanted what they believed was right for me.But that's the thing.  No one could possibly know what is right for you more than you do.  And certainly, I still don't know where the fuck I am going.  I have a general idea of the direction, but where I will possibly end up, is completely up to God.  I've learned to just do as much as I can with my humanity, and leave the rest up to God.  I live without any expectations, knowing full well that whatever I think I expect or anticipate in life can vanish at the drop of the dime.You should always take risks.  Never settle for the good.  This also might give you more perspective from a spiritual side: http://thelipstickgospel.com/2013/07/03/godswillfeelslikepeace/

  • Great post! I definitely feel like I can relate to this.

  • @davidian - Thanks David! Great read!"If you read through the bible, most of the people in the stories had really scary assignments: Go someplace you’ve never been, fight a giant, give birth to God’s child, die on a cross."

  • good post! are you going to move to a different site when xanga ends? :( i want to keep reading your stuff

  • worddd

  • I'm glad you posted this. Interestingly (to me, at least), the "for" part of "forward" and "fear" have the proto-indoeuropean root, which has been teased out to mean "to try, risk, come over, go through." How inextricably interconnected fear and the future are! Risk seems like the perfect embodiment of that always-present sentiment that all humans have dealt with.

  • are you moving to a different blogging site?

  • @urbanspringlove - I havnet really thought about it. i have chadkimthebeekeeper.wordpress.com We are friends on fb right? 

  • oh silly me.. i didnt realize i was already following u on ur wordpress.. haha. too many changes its confusing me. i dont think we r friends on fb

  • @urbanspringlove - http://www.facebook.com/davidchau

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