Sometime 3 years ago, I was appoached with the question: What would you do if you weren't afraid. Having wrestled with this question for a while, I've decided to live my life as fearless as possible. Though I may have regrets in my life, it would be of fearless, bold-hearted life. That was and still is how I make my choices. Soccer, Faith, Missions, McGill, CogSci, and now Korea.
For obvious reasons, I have revisited this question, and pondered yet again whether living fearless is wiser than living wise, or happier than happiness. Out of curiosity, I mass texted my friends and asked the same question, wondering whether I would receive the same type of response. Here they are:
What would you do if you weren't afraid?
- If I wasn't afraid... I would take a lot of risks in my life.
- I would eat more.
- Swim with sharks, but I'd probably do that anyways
- I would try everything that I can ever do in this world.
- Drop out of mcgill and move to new york state.
- I wouldn't study for physics final and wing it.. Nerdy huh?
- I would definitely walk around naked in the summer.
- Of what?
- I would live life to the fullest and enjoy every opportunity no matter how small it is :)
- I would do everything I felt like doing.
- I'd become an actress. You?
- I would go sky diving.
- Try things that I never would or could have done.
- Don't know if I could live.
- One thing i would like to do if i was not afraid of is that i would like tell the girl who deep in my heart that i love her and never give up on her~ Meanwhile, I might have nothing to afraid of ~
- I would find something I'd be afraid of... That's food for thought!
Most are either cheesy, or cliche... yes, a few honest and direct, witty and comical.
but perhaps the last response resembled my life the most.
I wouldn't change a thing.
:)
ReplyDeleteWhen Yasmin got the text this morning, I think there was a tear in her eye.
I am a scared type of person. But I think that people who are most scared would never ever let moments of courage go to waste.
If I can have a ton of courage, and never let it go to waste, I would try everything the world has to offer.
hey peter (:
ReplyDeletejust wanted to let you know that i miss you and your smile. i tried today to smile like you do- like really big like i've seen you do before-- but you're one of a kind and i swear i'll never try again unless you ask me to so that you can see how ridiculous i look :D (run-on sentence)
if i had no fear, i think i'd try to love the fear out of the other people.. wouldn't have a choice but to share the courage as much as i could.
haha nice hearing from you sherv(new name?) just wanted to let you know that i miss you and your physics. i tried today to physics like you do- like really big like i've seen you do before-- but you're one of a kind and i swear i'll never try again unless you ask me to so that you can see how ridiculous i look :D (run-on sentence)
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