Are You Afraid to Live?

Gabriella just lost her job and her boyfriend in the same week. Well she lost the job but quit on her boyfriend. Now, devastated will be an understatement to describe her all day pyjamas wearing, wine drinking and junk eating routine. 

Then like in a state of ‘I don’t know what I’m doing’ she entered for a win an inn contest on its last day, only to wake up to the realisation that she actually won. Only problem- she is an 18 hour flight and 3 long bus rides away from the inn she had just won. 

A new life eh! One she would eventually consider ‘living the dream’ in a rural tight knitted community. Where everyone’s business is everyone’s business. 

Lest I narrate the entire movie titled ‘Falling Inn Love’ in this piece, and make your first watch of it on Netflix seem like the second or even third, I’d advise you check it out yourself. 

It wasn’t just about falling in love with a spouse, it was about falling in love with oneself, one’s dreams. And not just loving the dream but truly living it. Oh what a joy! 

But well since I’m not writing today just to narrate a movie. The question I’m pondering on is ‘Why are you afraid to live your dreams?’

And I’m not just asking you, I’m asking me. And I’m yet to know the answer, maybe also because the endless drive to earn more has made my dream unclear to me. And don’t know if the dream can be both a career and a lifestyle rolled up in itself.

I’m still finding me, even though I had written a book on Discover You, which was self published 4 years ago. I’m still here evolving. And it’s not like I don’t know me, there are just these dots that I need to connect. How do I go from the me that I am to the me I really desire to be, without loosing my income. 

Yes! That’s it right there, my greatest concern or dare I say my greatest fear. Because I’d resign without a second thought if I could get an investor who says I’m investing in you, just take a year or two out and work on your dreams- anything! And that he’d keep backing me until I ship out a product. 

But like Gabriella seized an opportunity and it led her to her dream life, maybe that’s all I need to do each day. Carpe diem- seize the day! Seize each day, until each tiny brick evolves into a mighty mansion.