Imagine two people at the same starting point. The first, the adventurer, does a quick look and starts sprinting in one direction. The other, the timid, spends most of the day looking around trying to discern what would be the best way. When the timid starts to move it’s one slow cautious step after another. Each step induces a pause to make sure they are going in the right direction.
By the time the timid person has taken one step the adventurer has taken a thousand.
The results of timidity is you are both safe with little ventured. While the results of boldness is a few scars but plenty ventured. The adventurer who runs as fast as they can will know sooner if they are going the wrong way than the timid. This is because by the time the timid person has taken one step the adventurer has taken a thousand.
There is such a thing as being too reckless but few of us truly are reckless. The result of society and our nature has put us closer to over-caution than reckless. Stop asking for security and start asking for adventure.
Many flock to the superstitions of safety because freedom is inherently risky
Our society is freedom averse because it reveals the frailty of our existence. Freedom is risky. Freedom untethers us from the myth that there is an ever watching guardian. It is why so many flocked to the creation of the TSA and were fine with the Patriot act. It allowed them to continue to believe and surrender their obligations. We are, as a whole, too timid.
EVERYTHING is risky
We build a false narrative that we are safe because of these institutions that have only hindered our empowerment to be adventurers. The nature of this world is that everything we do is risky. Life is one series of risks after another. It is so risky that you won’t make it out alive.
You can take part of stories and the human experience by being an adventurer or you can be timid. You can take a thousand steps while everyone else is taking one.