The great high wire walker Papa Wallenda said it well, he said, “Life is lived out on the wire. The rest is just waiting.” You know, I believe that the greatest risk is riskless living, and too many of us have dimmed down our light. You know,
where we live the best years of our lives playing small because we’re avoiding the things that frighten us. And my encouragement today is for you to start being audacious, audacious in the work that you do, audacious in the love that you give, audacious in what you expect of yourself. And the starting point is really: do the things that terrify you, because fear is nothing more than bravery training. The things that you’re frightened to do are the things that you need to do, because they carry your greatest growth. So just remember: fear is your opportunity to grow, fear is your opportunity to become braver, be audacious and do the things that frighten you.
