when you use avoidance as protection, you’re strapping huge limitations on yourself and what’s possible in your life. You may never get what you want because you’re a pushover. There’s so much you never take a chance on, because it involves even the smallest amount of risk. Your dreams might sit on the shelf, collecting dust. You miss out on so many amazing things you could have done and people you could have met. You miss out on the exhilarating adventure that is life, because you were busy clinging to safety and certainty.
