Because yes everyone is lucky to be alive, but repeatedly
hearing that phrase directed at me in particular makes me feel as if I‘m
supposed to focus on feeling lucky to be alive more than focusing on actually
living.
Because I don’t want to over-focus on the fact that certain
life experiences might be a little more risky to me than to the average
person. After all, I’ve always been a
bit of a risk taker in certain degrees – and for the most part, I don’t regret
that – and I don’t want to feel as though I shouldn’t take any little risks
anymore, because I’m so lucky to be alive I should just sit around feeling
lucky instead of having a new life experience that might include small risk
factors.
Don’t tons of things include small risk factors? Is NEVER TAKING A RISK really good
advice? Some people might say yes. I say no.
I’m not saying I’m going out of my way to take silly risks without even
thinking, but if I think about trying something different that is not wildly
unsafe and I decide to go for it, then I’d
like to be encouraged rather than discouraged.
If I had written this a few days ago, it would have been
much more negative, bummed, and upset feeling - but now I’ve thought about it more, reasonably
considered whether it was over-risky or not and decided it wasn’t – and I’m going
to do it.
Why should I not partake of a one-on-one new life experience
and see what happens?
