Some people live big lives while others live teensy lives. Why is this so? Why do certain people have such a disproportionately greater impact on humanity than their lesser compatriots, yet seemingly without expending any more effort and energy than their struggling counterparts? The answer is fear or, rather, lack thereof. Individuals who are not afraid to try new things, go new places, and meet new people live noteworthily larger lives than individuals who cling to their hometowns, cling to their small clique of friends, cling to their old traditions, and cling to the past analogous to an infant staunchly clutching onto its filthy security blanket. People like these—And there are a whole shitload of them probably comprising a sizable majority; let’s not fool ourselves here!—are akin to bloated cucumbers that, left unattended out in the garden, eventually turn a pukey shade of yellow and rot on the vine. Change is nearly always synonymous with personal growth; stasis is nearly always synonymous with stagnation leading to an ultimate unnoticed demise.
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