Reflect

You can read 100 books on how to swim, but none will help you understand buoyancy until you get into the water. Life can make us trepid and cause us to pause at the river’s edge rather than jump into whatever challenge or opportunity is in front of us. We may hold back and wait for the so-called “right conditions” or wait for someone else to dive in first. But the way to fully live life is to experience it — both the good and not-so-good. We learn and live by doing rather than watching and waiting. When you engage life with an openness to experiencing it, then you learn its gifts.