Limb

I’m out here on a limb
I’ve never been out this far before
I’ve chosen to live out here
Because I know
For me to live any other way
Really isn’t living

Sometimes it feels lonely out here
But it’s the most beautiful
The most exciting
The juiciest place ever

I look back
And see where I used to be
It was so safe there
But I never felt safe
It can be so scary out here
But I feel safer out here
Than I ever did back there

I had a plan
First I would grow
Then after I had grown
I would live out here on a limb

But that’s not how it works

Life was happening
And some of it was passing me by
So I made myself start moving out on a limb
And I started growing the moment I started climbing out here

I had it backwards

I don’t grow so that I can live life out on a limb
I live life out on a limb so I can grow

And that has been the most wondrous discovery of my life
It’s given me the courage to stay out here
And live my entire life from a different place
Live My Life Out On A Limb


                                             - Clint Piatelli

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