In one of my favorite movies, "Letters to Juliet," they speak, "'What' and 'If' are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What if? What if? What if?"

Here recently I've been living my life as if I have something or everything to lose. However, this is a problem- it implies that I have nothing to gain and I believe a lot of us rationalize the same. Whenever you are prompted to be brave or undergo an unusual situation, the first things we think about are the things that could be taken from us. And then there are those things that could be given. Relationships, opportunities, all the intangibles. But... what if?

What if I never came over? What if I never went to school here? What if I was born rich? What if it was warmer outside today? What if I studied longer yesterday? What if I never met you? What if I ate healthier? These puzzle pieced phrases only have one thing in common.

Fear. Fear is boring. Fear is too regular in controlling our lives and always telling us the same thing, stop. I like to think that if something happens it would have happened the same in another life. And although there is no real way of knowing that, it is absolutely ridonkulous to convince yourself otherwise.

The feeling you feel when you just finish a new movie, or re-watch an old one you haven't seen in awhile. The feeling that you would give up just so you can experience it again for the first time. The feeling you feel when the leaves begin to fly and the lines on the ground disappear. The feeling that only comes once a year. The feeling you feel when 'I miss you' turns into 'see you soon.' The feeling that replaces familiarity. These are feelings of pure bliss, absent of fear. Absent of "What If's." Full of living.

Cheers to living this time around. Think on this when you're afraid.