God has not given your life to you, nor your life to someone else. No alibis will excuse us. The ruts in which we live become comfortable and provide security. But ruts are simply graves open at both ends. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing.
For this man with a disability the risk was turning his back on an old pattern of existence which, while it was comfortable, had become suffocating. For us, it may be the all-consuming sense of duty behind which we hide because we are afraid to face life as a free person. We use an overblown sense of obligation to excuse our failure to fulfill our own potential and avoid risks that might lead to mistakes. Living is like driving an automobile down a two-lane highway. We get caught behind a car, letting someone else set the pace of our lives.