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@ Lauren of Light ☀️
2025-05-04 00:09:56
He who dares to fail boldly… lives forever.
A safe life whispers promises: comfort, stability, predictability.
But it comes at a cost.
The slow death of wonder.
A quiet erasure of purpose.
True legacy?
It’s built in the moments we choose courage over comfort.
It’s etched into the stories we leave behind; stories that echo beyond our time.
Stories born from risk, from heart, from the relentless pursuit of what matters.
The view from the summit is only earned by those willing to trip, stumble, and crawl their way to the top…again and again.
So, why risk it?
Why reach for more when settling is so easy?
Because to some, your passion will seem irrational.
Your hunger will feel excessive.
Your dreams will look like rebellion.
Let them misunderstand.
We were not made to live logically.
We were made to live fully.
I’d argue the real insanity is in playing it safe.
To let days pass untouched by adventure.
To never dive into the deep, run wild through fields, or follow the call of your own soul.
That’s madness.
To deny your inner fire…for fear of judgment or failure…is to betray yourself.
And for what?
To fit into boxes built by people who never dared to leave theirs?
I’ve fallen. I’ll fall again.
But I will rise, because the risk of falling is worth the view from freedom.
The world looks different when you’re outside the window, in it, part of it.
Nothing compares to the clarity of living awake.
The intangibles: joy, meaning, love, purpose…
these are not luxuries.
They are the currency of a life well lived.
So chase the music.
Abandon expectation.
Run toward possibility, because expectations are limited…
but possibility is infinite.
Some will stand still.
They’ll stay mediocre, unscarred, untested…
and draw circles around themselves, labeling your freedom reckless.
But they’re wrong.
There is nothing crazy about wanting more.
There is nothing irrational about chasing greatness,
about craving passion,
about creating a life that lives beyond you.
Your refusal to follow a script is not rebellion…
it’s remembrance.
Of who you are. Of why you’re here.
This is your reason to fall, to rise, to try again.
Because no matter how many times the world knocks you down, you will rise higher.
And that?
That’s what it means to truly live.
#nostr #plebstr #grownostr #spirituality
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