I enjoy good literature, but I like Hfam's application of the quote in his signature best. God I love Pink Floyd.
Regardless, good call UB. Your response, as well as the response of others is directly tied to the discussion we are having in the "Happy Birthday" thread. Too many people are, put bluntly, scared shitless to take the leaps they really want to do because of the lack of security it gives. Some part of us, either conditioned or instinctual, are so afraid of failing or being miserable after taking that leap that instead of rather take the risk, (which, granted, could be devastating to ones life, so its hard to judge people who do this...especially since it seems to affect 99% of the human population) they live their entire lives, or at least a large portion of it in a place they are "okay" with, with a person they "like well enough", working a job that "isn't horrible", because of the security (perceived or otherwise) that they feel in that particular spot.
The real question is, who is right? Who is sane? Those who stay in interest of self-preservation (arguably the only logical reason for existing at this stage in human evolution...survival, don't die, reproduce, rinse, repeat), or those who throw caution to the wind and decide to say "fuck it" and go for their dreams anyways.
Sure, taking that gigantic leap takes tons of balls and probably a good deal of madness in most cases, but in some of those it can turn out to be very rewarding. Unfortunately, said cases are the most prominent in the public eye. We rarely see stories of those who took gigantic risks and ended up failing miserably, besides in the form of either suicide or lonely, single, eccentric and socially awkward 50 year olds.
And that's my post.
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