Well, that was interesting.

Hmm.... Oddly enough it seems I have just had a massive mood swing today. Or perhaps I am just an idiot when it comes to communicating with other people.

Either way, I was just sitting unhappily at my computer, when I decided to go and chat with some people whom I chat with fairly regularly.

So, I logonsky and start talking and then BAM!

Like that thing that chases the avatar dude over a waterfall at the beginning of the movie, it hits me.

I was being reluctant to contact anybody out of fear of annoying them, and yet I wanted to contact them.

However, by fighting the desire to contact people, it went against what I naturally am, which therefore made me unhappy (possibly).

For example - I wanted to text somebody, but I was afraid of annoying them. So instead I just sat here being all lonely like. But that wasn't helping anything.

As human beings, we all have a need for relationships with other humans, and for communication with them - this goes down to evolutionary instincts.

SO, I decided to make contact with some people today, and all better! : )

Interestingly enough it once again comes down to fear - fear of doing something wrong.

Now, lets take a look at THE Notorious BIG. A man of influence, power, money, and general badassness. Now, he released the song "Juicy" at what many would call the peak of his career, when he was absolutely on top of his life, having released one of the most successful rap albums of all time and changing the game permanently. One thing about his life at that point was that (as said by Mr. Smalls) he was "Living life without fear". Perhaps this is one thing we forget too often - after all, one of my favourite sayings is "fear is failure".

Fear is damaging to us - we fear so many things in life, but usually the fear is just rooted in our own insecurities. Its so easy to play it safe and not go skydiving, or not drive your car faster than you probably ever should. However, when you overcome that, the feeling is one of the greatest ones humans can experience. By overcoming that fear we are temporarily put on top of the world.

But that feeling is not the only beneficial part of facing our fears. You see, every time we are pushed out of our comfort zones, forced to face a fear, we face an insecurity. We become stronger people, and we are able to move past that, and on to overcome the next one.

Here's to living dangerous, and living on the edge.