Life is a splendour...

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing - Helen Keller

Now, I need not tell anything about Helen Keller but her words are so meaningful. Those of us who have our full faculties can never imagine how fortunate we have been. If a born blind and deaf person can visualize that living in the world is an adventure, what have we got to say ?
We search for security all our lives. First it is the competition that does us in, as the british say. Then we got our own problems of living up to an image, maintaining standards and of course, to do things better than anyone out there. Once our physical dependence on others progresses, we keep reminding people where we could have been, if we did that thing at that stage, without fear of the society or with out moral scruples. We lament the destiny for our decisions, our forefathers for our insecurity.
Some where along , we forget to live our life as it was intended to be. Without fear of failure or rejection. After all, it is for us to lead our lives, as we wish as long as we are happy and as long as we are not making others unhappy.
If a person who was dependent on someone always all through her life can perceive it to be an adventure....I get a doubt as what is our handicap....

the picture shows Keller (left) with her teacher / companion Anne sullivan....a life lived in full..