Have you ever felt that desire of living a perfect life? Ever felt that pinch of faith that someday your life would be problem free? But think about it, how boring would that be? We were born to fly out of cages. Take for instance, birds. Birds are born to run wild, and free. We, as humans, lock them up in a cage, waiting for them for grow up in between these walls. But they're actually meant to circle the Earth and go wherever they want. They make no decisions, it all comes along the way and they live in the moment, there time, is now.
You know that feeling, the one you have after taking a major decision. You look around, look for support from your parents and friends. You wait for them to tell you how what you did was right. When I was 6 years old, my mom would make decisions for me, she would go over and over on how she was my mom and I did not know right from wrong. But now, 10 years later, she expects me to make decisions for myself. How can I, a 16 year old who makes more than a thousand mistakes a day, decide things for myself? I bump into doors, trip, and fall an uncountable number of times every day; and with all that going on, I was supposed to take a chance and make any single decision which could end up being life changing?
And that's what's wrong, we are scared. Scared of living. Scared of flying. Scared of leaving the cage. Scared of taking a chance. The thing is, everyone takes a chance every day, whether its trying something new or doing something you would have never done, but we are faced with challenges in our daily life. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Because if you ask me, it was a very long time ago. So maybe it became a fear. Maybe I, Noa Shavit, started to be afraid of taking a chance.
If you never try, you'll never know. Take a chance, and leave that cage. We were raised in our parents' cage, they protected us from every single thing that could happen or every hard choice we were faced to make. But now, now that we've been set free, we simply feel unable to take these decisions, or face these challenges.
So, are you willing to take a chance?