travel far enough, you meet yourself
we tend to think of "far enough" in its geographical form while reading this quote. when this is partly right, it's also wrong
"how far is considered far?"
10 meter is far, 100km is far. but how far does it take for you to find yourself?
another city, another country, or even space?
the real distance itself doesn't really matter, the thing which really matters is how far your have gone from your comfort zone.
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i'm not gonna lie, i love that zone, we all love that zone. it's comfortable, we finnish tasks that are in our reach and live in harmony with people.
wow, such things sound incredibly idyllic and ideal.
why would one ever leave there?
i hate to say this but
boredom kicks in.
you can't ask for what you haven't earned before by doing the same thing over and over again.
i'm someone that's easily killed by boredom. thus, i have to constantly try new things, otherwise, i'd get stuck in that comfort zone and see my body slowly get deteriorated and finally rotten.
don't you know that we can die in many ways?
you get your head chopped off, well that's dying.
you find yourself dead inside when someone you love does something really mean to you, well that's dying.
the initial sounds more excruciating than the latter one, obviously.
the same thing goes for dying in the comfort zone, it doesn't scare the s-t out of you that much, but it's dying.
don't you know that the finest way to kill someone is to let them pass away slowly, without having them realizing it?
so, say it with me, get your ass off that comfort zone, embark on a brand new journey, love deeply like you'd never been hurt before, taste all the color of the wind, do more, feel more, and live more.
it may be scary at first (well it sure is), but once you get used to it, everything turns out to be hella amazing.
i love to think about it as having sex (forgive my stoopid example, folks), it hurts at first, but turns out to be amazing later on.
that's for those who can overcome the overwhelming, insecure feeling at first, as one fails to do so, then it will be a really bad and painful experience to have.
i did imagine such things. i didn't want to ride the waves, i'll just stay chill in the coast and watch people rise high to the sky, fall to rock bottom on the waves of their life. not trying means not failing, which is beneficial since you aren't hurt, but you won't know the accomplished feeling, either.
one day i have this crazy idea to ride waves.
they did come again and i embraced it, swallowing all the "what-if"s or conspiracy theories that i'm so good at making up and went for it.
guess what? IT WAS AMAZING.
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i think the 2 greatest day in the life of every human is the day you're born and the day you know why.
it doesn't come to you by searching, but it comes at the moment you're still so damn passionate about trying new things.
it comes lightly, as matches catch fire and lit up.
do stuff, do new stuff.
do what you'd been doing as you still love it and try more, try as much as you can in this mundane body but timeless soul, we ain't have forever.
live as if you're dying tomorrow, treat people as if they're passing away today, miracles will happen.
work harder to be luckier, but do remember to take breaks.
i have nothing to risk but comfort.
“to the young and the not so old, I say, look at that horizon, follow that rainbow, go ride it"
4/11/2020.
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