There’s always immense fear when we decide to change careers, start a busi­ness or go into unchart­ed sea because we are leav­ing the shore of safe­ty.  We are con­tent with our sit­u­a­tion, but some­thing is miss­ing.  For me, adven­ture is miss­ing.  Going into the unknown always gives me a thrill.  I feel alive and I live for that feel­ing.

“The heart starts pul­sat­ing again; again you are alive, ful­ly alive.  Every fiber of your being is alive because you have accept­ed the chal­lenge of the unknown.  To accept the chal­lenge of the unknown, in spite of all fears, is courage.” Osho

I’m nev­er cer­tain if risk­ing the unfa­mil­iar for the famil­iar will work, nor do I know if I will be able to make it.  But I do know that life is meant to be uncer­tain.  In his book, “Courage: The Joy of Liv­ing Dan­ger­ous­ly”, Osho teach­es that life is not fixed and that we are to com­mit as many mis­takes as pos­si­ble, remem­ber­ing only not to com­mit the same mis­takes again.

From past expe­ri­ence, try­ing new things both per­son­al­ly and pro­fes­sion­al­ly, I wish some­one wise had told me that it’s per­fect­ly fine to make mis­takes, in fact, that we almost should if we want to grow.

I real­ly beat myself up for projects I took on that were not suc­cess­ful.  I did­n’t have ready-made answers for some of the prob­lems we were fac­ing, though my very small team expect­ed me to.  I now know that life moves fast and that con­sumer wants-and-needs are con­stant­ly chang­ing and if we want to be suc­cess­ful, we must remain mal­leable and change along or per­ish.  Per­haps this is why today I have a pro­found respect for change.

So, my dear read­ers, spend some time think­ing of mis­takes you’ve made, espe­cial­ly those huge, embar­rass­ing blun­ders (one imme­di­ate­ly comes to mind for me) in your past and have an hon­est con­ver­sa­tion with your­self.  Are you repeat­ing the same mis­takes?  Com­mit­ting mis­takes helps you spot future sim­i­lar mis­takes you’ll now know how to avoid.  It’s all part of learn­ing.

Here’s anoth­er thought to con­sid­er: when was the last time you took a chance on some­thing unknown?  When was the last time you went astray and took a risk?  If you’re not chang­ing, risk­ing, explor­ing the intri­ca­cies of life, my friend, you are not liv­ing.  No mis­take is ever wast­ed because all efforts con­tribute to your growth.

Last­ly, what will you do with this new infor­ma­tion?

Love,

Irís