Eddie Pinero

And a flawless existence is void of experience, of stories, of adventure.

There's a little parable about two seeds being planted.

And one of them just wants to grow.

Wants to feel what the sun is like.

wants to see how high she can get, experience the breeze, the cool air.

And so she grew.

And sure, she dealt with hard days.

She had her difficult times, but ultimately grew to live her best life.

The other seed, worried.

Worried about leaving her home,

The world that was the ground around her, worried about damaging her roots, worried about what could be waiting for her in the dark, about the sun being too hot and the breeze too strong.

And ultimately stayed right where she was, playing it safe, until one morning, a chicken came wandering by and ate the seed off the ground.

And see, this spells out a few things.

One, we can, at any moment, decide to step into that next level, evolve into that next chapter.

But also, not doing so comes with a cost, sometimes a hidden cost.

There's a tendency to think that preserving the status quo

because it's safe, is valuable.

But understand something, you are not a collector's item.

You weren't made for preservation, you were made for growth.

To expand, to reach out towards the heavens and feel that sun, that breeze,