Starting Somewhere: Taking A Risk

There isn't a person on this planet that enjoys being rejected (unless they have some kind of condition to which they just can't feel or something like that). When some people get rejected they lash out and say horrible hurtful things. When other people get rejected they sink back into themselves. When most people get rejected they react by participating in behavior that will take their mind away from the rejection. It might be, drugs, excessive partying or maybe something simple and not negative like drawing or playing an instrument.

No one is safe from rejection, unless they know the pure intentions of the other person. Which, is almost next to impossible to figure out nowadays.  

This is why people are particular about getting into relationships, loving and trusting other people. Sometimes, you get stepped on and used so many times that you either become cynical all together or jaded or you change for the worse and seek out other people to hurt in any kind of way, because you are hurting too.

But, sometimes that is the risk that you have to take when it comes to life.

You don't want to be that person sitting around saying, "WHAT IF, I took that job opportunity?" "WHAT IF, I asked that person out on a date?" "WHAT IF, I took that class at the local University?"

You might be scared to try. But you are afraid to try because you don't know how the outcome will turn out. You don't want to fail. But just because you may not succeed at whatever it is that you are trying to accomplish doesn't mean that it is not for you, you general. It could mean that it is just not for you, at that phase in your life. Of course, if you were certain that the outcome would work out in your favor all the way, you would do it without any hesitation. But life is not always that easy.

You don't want to go into anything or start anything new with negative thoughts... no that won't benefit you at all. But you have to be REALISTIC about all possible outcomes, even if they could break your heart and/or crush your dreams. You don't want to be in your later years wishing that you did or said whatever it was that you wanted to do or wanted to say.

But if you don't TRY, If you DO NOT ASK, then you will NEVER KNOW.