91. You Are Meant To Fly

They told you that it was too risky and not worth doing. They told you that you couldn’t go any further. They told you that you’d be on your own and you’d have no support. They told you that you’d be crazy to even consider it. You listened to all of this, but it didn’t change your mind. They kept telling you it was impossible, but you went and did it anyway.

You ventured outside the norm, going deep into uncharted territory. The people who warned you were mostly right about being on your own. There’s barely anyone out here on the fringes with you, and at times it gets lonely. You sometimes feel completely separated from reality, like it is one thing and you are something else entirely. You know this isn’t true. You’re just as connected to reality as anyone else. But now you live on a more chaotic plane.

Here there are no rules or boundaries to keep you safe. You’ve left the ground entirely and you’re floating in the air. Free of all tethers, you can easily drift off into nothingness. There is no one here to protect you. No one to make sure you’ll make it back in one piece. You’ve accepted the risk. Is it worth it? How could you possibly know?

You’ve left the known world and joined an entirely new one. It’s a world that’s strange and uncomfortable but also exciting. It’s the variety that excites you, the possibilities that seem almost endless. With no rules, you can go in any direction, you can see almost anything. You might even discover something completely unknown.

But the abyss of nothingness looms nearby. You must pay attention. You need to keep your eyes open. You might even have to return to the ground from time to time. Sometimes you’ll need to do this just to make contact with something solid again. But once you’ve refuelled and shared your latest discoveries, you won’t be able to keep yourself out of the air. For despite the risk, you now know that a human being is meant to fly.