With all that has been going on in the world, it is hard to say that it doesn’t cause a little bit of fear in all of us. However, we cannot let that fear control our lives and we can’t stay bundled up in our homes. After the recent hit on Nice, France, my mom looked at me and said that maybe I wouldn’t be going to Ireland; I said that yes I would if I had the opportunity. I’ve been considering going on a study abroad trip to Ireland during my junior year of college. It seems like an amazing opportunity to see a different part of the world. These major attacks do cause me to have a little bit of doubt, but what is life without doubt? If you aren’t doubting every move, are you even human?
If we let fear control our lives and every move we make, we aren’t living. There is a risk in everything you do. Getting in your car to go to the grocery store can be a risk or going into the ocean to cool off could be a risk -- you may get caught in a rip current or get bitten by a shark, but it’s 102 degrees out and you might cook if you don’t get in the water.
If we live in fear, they win. Whoever it is, wherever you are, if you live in fear you are controlled by the person/people causing you to fear. They want you to be afraid, it gives them power and makes them feel dominant. Whatever you do in life, never be submissive -- you are the only person who can control you. Humans are strong. We overcome so many obstacles in our lives that we might as well treat ourselves by being happy and enjoying what this world has to offer.
I recently read the novel “Me Before You” and I know that some of you may thinking how awful it is that I read it or that I’m cliché for reading it, but that’s fine. The novel had a tagline of “Live boldly” and I think that is a great tagline for a novel and movie. It reminds people that no matter what may happen in your life or what is happening in the world you have to remember to live your life. There is no need to spend your life living in a bubble pretending that the world doesn’t exist. No matter who you are you can’t deny that there isn’t one place outside of your home that you want to see. This world is full of amazing places and amazing people, to deny that you never want to see any of it is a lie to others and yourself.
Go on the trip that you have been saving or planning for a lifetime, you only get one life so you might as well live it to the fullest.
