“Just dive right in, head first” is decent advise for the reticent.
“Walk up to the edge and jump” is a sound suggestion for the fearful.
“Get a running start and leap” makes sense for those lacking courage.
The problem with this advice, is that life is not a free-fall. It’s not like jumping off a high-dive at the public pool.
Life comes at us slowly. Daily. Hourly.
In theory, running and jumping is a good way to bypass fear, but life transpires at a walking pace, the full landscape in front of us.
To run and jump is to distrust your legs.
To dive in, eyes closed, forfeits your power.
Leaping is not a solution but the denial that life requires both feet on the ground, your senses fully present.
