swimmers

You only fall for what you desire or what you fear. - Win Butler

I've definitely found this to be true, at least in the desire department. When you want something so much it's unbearable, it's much more likely that you'll take a wild, blind leap of faith in a desperate attempt to obtain it. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does have one nasty side effect: risk. You can argue until you're blue about how certain you are of the outcome or the precautions you took, but any way you cut it, your chances of falling skyrocketed when you made that leap. The question here is whether or not it's worth it. Having done it before, I personally think it's a valuable thing, this irrational urge to make a sudden jump to something new because you simply want it. Mind you, my leaps haven't always ended in graceful landings; some of them never made it to the other side, getting lost somewhere in between, and some of them were just plain doomed before they even began. A few have been especially deceptive though, and these are the worst kind known to man, I think: the vertigo ones. These are those leaps that you take a big chance on and you miraculously stick the landing, only to find that your balance is way off, leaving you to wobble around for awhile before falling flat on your ass. But even these instances are worth taking that initial jump.