“How can you know what you’re capable of if you don’t embrace the unknown?”
― Esmeralda Santiago

I have been thinking a lot lately about the unknown. I use to be terrified of it, “the great UNKNOWN”. If I didn’t know for sure that I would succeed at something, I wouldn’t attempt it. Why? Because I was afraid.  Afraid of failure, of being disgraced…of feeling left out. Looking back I wish I had embraced the fear and didn’t run in the opposite direction whenever some new challenge presented itself.

As I am growing older here is what I am learning: the unknown should not be feared, but embraced. The unknown holds the hidden things, the beautiful mysteries of life. So embrace the adventure that is the unknown, don’t hide from it. LEARN from it. Discover the WHO you were created to be.

So what am I thankful for today? The scary, uncertain, and adventurous unknown.