Who amongst us shies away
from risk? Is it cowardice or reasonableness that keeps those who keep themselves
on the logical path?
Why do we take risks?
Financial gambles come in
the form of investments. Should we buy that house? Should we sell our stock now
or wait? In a world of buy, buy, buy, sell, sell, sell, it can be dizzying to
consider our financial risks from a logical point of view. The financial
landscape in the Western world is always changing. What might have seen a good
purchase in the height of the housing bubble before the recession is now an
underwater mortgage ruining the investment prospects of a young 30-something
professional.
Even in college we take
risks. Should we declare our major as freshmen and lock ourselves into that
educational pursuit for the next 4-8 years? Or do we busy ourselves in the haze
of prerequisites and hope inspiration for our futures comes in the form of
English 101?
Nowhere else in our lives do
we take the most risks and make the most dangerous bets than in love. Finding
The One™ is, for many if not most of us, the primary goal of our lifetimes. To
find a mate to connect with, present a united front with the one person in the
world who knows you against society and all expectations the rest of us ask of
you. That’s what we want, and it’s human and good to want it. Perhaps that is
why we are willing to sacrifice every temporary happiness in an effort to not
only find, but secure our partner for life.
As for myself, I will always
choose risk. That has been my admittedly misguided M.O. for my entire life. I
won’t stop now.
**Lyrics from "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran
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