Up for it

I have a friend that said, “if you’re not living life on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.”  For someone who does not like heights that was a bit of a challenge physically.  But I feel emotionally and life choice wise that is pretty right.  My only proviso is there are times to pull back from the edge and take a rest.  That is a rest to regain perspective and strength.  Not a pulling back and withdrawing from a fight worth fighting.
I was looking up speeches yesterday.  I sought out one by Samwise Gange that moved me at the time and still does.  It was at the end of the Two Towers.
“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam?  SAM: That there is something good in this world Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.”
I was reminded of living life on the edge by a James Clear email. "The key is to enjoy hanging out on the edge. That is, you find it interesting to attempt things one step beyond where you are right now. It could be the edge of your ability or the edge of your knowledge or the edge of your network.
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable enough that you win most of the time, but meaningful enough that you improve as well."
I am a great believer in taking on manageable challenges.  I have no desire to set myself up for a fall.  Been there done that.  Asking of myself something that has been unrealistic in the past and a “to do” list does not change.
I am big on lots of little victories equalling a big victory.  It means leaving my comfort zone but if I am honest with myself my comfort zone very easily becomes my discomfort zone.  To me a life without challenges is existing rather than living.
I may find the road challenging but I am up for an adventure and I have company.