Do not be afraid of life because it is…
Do not be afraid of life because it is only when you risk yourself that you find out what you can become. Living. Risk.
— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk) · Sick Souls, Healthy Minds- How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
In the book
And the third part of the plan is the one no one volunteers for: risk, the fare you pay for going anywhere worth going. It is only when you risk yourself that you ever find out what you are truly made of; to dare is to lose your footing for a moment, but not to dare is to lose yourself entirely. Let me make it concrete, because "find your purpose" is the emptiest advice ever given if no one tells you how. […] But before any of it, know yourself honestly — your strengths, your blind spots, your true motives. Accept the fare, and bound it. Take the risks your destination genuinely requires, asking of each whether it will give you skills and experience you'll keep, or open you to people and relationships worth having. Then protect the downside, refuse the few risks never worth taking, and leap where the fall is survivable. — The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk)