WEEK THIRTY-FOUR:
PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
- Vincent van Gogh
There are many dangers in the ocean, even if you are sailing in a perfectly sound vessel. If it so happens that said vessel gets capsized, those dangers increase while your chances of survival decrease.
There's dehydration, hypothermia, and not forgetting, sharks. It stands to reason that venturing out into the ocean would seem like a terrible idea, but hundreds of fishermen set out every day into the deep blue, because it is their livelihood.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: no risk, no reward. Almost everything worthwhile has a certain amount of risk associated with it, and we miss out on them whenever we are too busy analyzing what could go wrong.
I'm not saying be foolhardy, rushing into something you don't understand, but don't become paralyzed in fear either.