Does living on the edge make sense to you?

How would you describe living on the edge for yourself? Well, the world is made from different people, with different characters and life would truly be monotonous if all of us lived the same way. It would just be recycled experiences. The beauty of different characters makes the world to be as beautiful as it is. What gives you the edge?

One of my friends was on a weekend getaway to a province in South Africa, Mpumalanga. It seemed like a wonderful trip. When I looked at his social media feed and the photos which he uploaded; you could tell that he, together with his friends had a great time.

These are the assumptions I made from a distance, or rather from looking at his photos. This is not my lived experience, however, the warmth that his photos portrayed gave me a sense that the trip was indeed wonderful. Laughter and the joy that each person on his photos had was heartfelt. Having seen his photos, I wondered how many of us give other people warmth from what we share on our social media pages. How many of us inspire other people to yearn to be happy from a distance?

I believe our desire to live a truly fulfilling life causes us to ooze warmth that will inspire other people to do the same. Have we ever considered what a truly fulfilling life means? I have heard more than once when people have said: “I was pushed to the edge” when justifying their actions. How would life be if we allowed ourselves to be pushed over the edge in living a truly fulfilling life?

What does being pushed over the edge mean? How often do you push yourself over the edge to best live the life that you want to live? Or better yet, to be the person that you want to be, in his/her true sense? Somebody said, for as long as we are alive, fear and doubt will always be there but how we respond to it is what is important. Can we find ourselves living on the edge even when fear and doubt pose themselves as a threat to us living a truly fulfilling life?

Describe what your truly fulfilling life looks like to you and what living on the edge is to you?

imzimba blogger/coach

Itumeleng

itumeleng@imzimba.co.za