At the edge

Standing at the cliff you realize things. You know that there is nothing holding you back. There is nothing drawing you forward. The only thing that you truly know is that you are there. You could fall, or you could jump. It is your decision. Everything you do is your decision. You decided to be cruel or righteous. At the cliff's edge you know true freedom. You know that you have the power to exist by choice. Metaphorically speaking you leap or turn away from every edge that you come into contact with.

We're always trying to believe that someone is holding us back, or someone is pushing us forward. It is really us. We get to make the decisions don't we? That is one of the essential truths of life. We decide when to act and when to not.

So, what of the people that act in not acting? Is that a true act or is it the fear that something is keeping them from the action? Something or someone is holding them back or forcing them to be inactive.

What is that fear? It is not chance. There is no such entity as chance. Chance has no rules. It cannot be defined by the consequences that it produces. The fear is the excuse because of the unknown. Its factuality is based on supposed experiences or the inference of what could be.

To be pushed or pulled by some exterior force is the excuse as the basis of the fear. At the edge to choose to walk away, or to choose flight is the power. That power is fearsome for some. It is better to give that power to someone else.

Is it just to take someone else's choice away from them while they are inactive? To make the decision for them while they sway in the wind? Do they need to find their own ground to take a stand at the edge?

To be at the edge with that freedom is powerful. Shift paradigms, take risks, and live in the here and now.