"Ever wonder how your mom and I got to be so darn happy, we gave up on our dreams and we settled. That's the beauty of complacency, if you don't try anything new, you'll never fail."
I was watching the movie Zootopia a couple of days ago and stumbled upon this quote which really stood out to me. Pretty much the movie is about a rabbit/bunny who wants to be a cop, but is discouraged and looked down upon because of her size and stature, as all the cops are big, burly animals like bears, rhinos, tigers and such. Her parents are carrot farmers, which puts the quote into context as they don't want her being a cop and want her to settle, to be 'happy' like they are. It just got me thinking about my life, life in general, how we sometimes settle into what we think will make us happy. But is it really happiness, or is it comfort, safety, fear even...of failure, of rejection. If you don't try anything new, you'll never fail, although true...but if you don't try anything new, you'll always be stuck in that same bubble, you'll always be confined to the 4 walls of comfort in your life. It's when we try new things where we learn what we're good at, but it's also where we fail and learn what we're not good at. Trying new things is where our horizon and perspective gets broadened. It's like if a fish lived in a pond all it's life, all it would know is the pond and what is in the pond...if it never ventured out into the ocean, it would never know there's a vast body of water and other fish in the sea. Complacency is easy, I know, because it's comfortable, it's safe, sure you may be content if you settle for something. But I don't think you'll truly be happy because you'll always be wondering in the back of your mind what if? What if I did this, what if I stepped outside of my bubble, tried something new. It's okay to fail, it's not okay to settle for something less because you're scared to fail.
Amen bruh
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