Live life not afraid of the next goodbye.

I rarely find inspiration in the shows that I watch during the week. I consider them a wonderful opportunity to turn my brain off and space out. However, I was watching a lovely show about a girl who works for a fashion magazine and this episode stuck with me. Live life not afraid of the next goodbye. I think this is fantastic advice. I am sure how I relate this advice to my life is different from what was meant but I still find something rather wonderful in it. I have noticed all of the people I was scared of saying goodbye to left. No matter the struggle I gave to keep them in my grasp, time went on and the people did as well. The people I held onto the hardest in fear are the ones that have given me more permanent goodbyes. However, as I grew older I learned to not hang on so tight. Not because I cared less, but because it didn't help any. I think this is similar to worrying. Worrying does nothing but it makes us feel like we are doing something anyways. Worrying ends up hurting in the long run. A wise person reminds me every so often to expect the unexpected. Fear is such a constraining force. We hide, we cower, and we go nowhere. I would so much rather step out into the frightening world and find myself with a broken arm, scraped up knees, and a fire of adventure in my eyes than find myself safe, whole, and devoid of life. If God is telling me to jump off a cliff, then that is a better course of action and probably a great deal safer than staying stubbornly where I am.