“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell
You are going to have to venture places you’ve never been.
You are going to have to go places you are afraid to go.
You are going to have to do things that scare you.
If you don’t, what you might find is you will settle for a life that is less than what you hoped for. Nobody achieves what they want from settling. We are capable of doing and being so much, yet too many times fear holds us back.
But imagine, even if just for a second, what would happen if you entered the cave you feared. Imagine the adventure, imagine the experience, imagine the “treasure.”
Anything worth doing is going to be hard work. Yet, too many people want to follow the path of least resistance. We activity choose the safe journey, the way with the least amount of risk, but they then wonder why life is unfulfilling.
Life is challenging, it is also constant. So in theory, it makes sense to play it safe. But theory is not reality. In fact, they can be opposites. Playing it safe can often be risky in itself.
However, to grow and be fulfilled in this life, we need to stop only doing what is comfortable, stop avoiding our fears, and face it head on. So pursue that dream, take that chance, go out on that limb. Because that risk you need to take will be the only way to get what you want.
What cave are you afraid to enter?