The Event Horizon

What is the question that I ask myself when reaching the point of no return?

It always starts with interests and curiosity colliding at the intersection of something intriguing. As I follow it deeper, it becomes an itch that I can’t shake off. Then, all of a sudden, it is gone as quickly as it came. Space and time pass blissfully unaware of the thing. Then suddenly, without warning, it is back; this time, it has a hold over me. 

I am no longer following; it is dragging me.  Like the event horizon of a black hole, there is no turning back. All light and everything is now pulled towards the centre of this thing.   I can see on the other side is a new world, a new vision—the journey's starting point.

Now, every doubt, fear and insecurity I have ever had comes to meet me.  Who am I to do this? What if I fail?  Every adverse scenario is presented before my eyes.

The options are to leap into the new world or retreat to the comfort zone of the existing world.  I catch myself in this moment, reminding myself that “I too shall die.”

I pose this question: “If death is certain and the time of death uncertain, how should I live?”   The answer to that question and my subsequent actions define the story of my life.

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