A thought arose while I'm here in the plane, in the middle of some ocean, on the way to the next chapter of my life. There was a quote I saw in my phone that states: "Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will." As someone who has faced a situation where the desperation for my dream was more than the immense fear I felt, this quote felt like something that encapsulates life. I won't go to deep detail about what I have faced, but what I can share is that I almost died last year and my choice would predict if I would live or not. This is where I decided to go "fck this, I'm living." I was scared but what's scarier that death? Nothing really at this point. I decided to fight for it even with the fear that I may not have the life that I used to, that I may end up brain dead, actually dead, or incapable of being a "normal human." And for some reason, pushing through fear also gave me the acceptance that whatever may happen to me, it's okay because I decided to give this certain choice a chance. At least it will give me a shot of my dream of living. Everything has a degree of risk to it, what matters is if you are willing to accept the risks as well. I think people opt out from trying things out simply because they fear failing. But here's the thing, what if you actually make it? How will you know if you'll make it when you have not attempted on it? There is no 100% in success, there will always be a percent, even 0.0001% of failure. It is natural for our bodies to react a certain way when faced with some sort of threat, we usually call it the fight or flight response. Therefore, we will always feel fear one way or another, especially when our body reacts to threats around it. Thus, what matters moving forward is how we react rather than how the world reacts to us. We can never control the things around us, the only thing we can control is ourselves.