[an error occurred while processing this directive] Taking a Chance
by Jennifer Bassig, 24 year-old teacher

In life it is very easy to stay exactly where you are: safe, secure, and content:

And then you start to think and reflect about how unsatisfied you really are with your life; you become curious, and you want to explore, but for the first time you become scared and fearful of change. Things don't seem so secure anymore;

In fact the thought of risk is so frightening it overwhelms you;

It is at this moment you contemplate security verses independence, and then you realize this whole time you have been living in fear because you haven't taken a chance...

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