Ascending the steps of winding staircase, its warm carmel wood shown worn smooth, years of slender caress made it so, I begin to slow my pace. I pause and look up, the steps creaking with my weight, and I wonder what is there, higher on.
What causes us to wait, and not press on? Fear of the future? Do we avoid success? Are we too cowardly to face uncertainty, rather surrounding ourselves with the familiar and safe?
Do not die inside, wondering what could be, before you've ever set your eyes forward and fought to your goal.