A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he’d like to escape from living folks. But it’s the dead folks that do him the damage. It’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.

From “Light in August” by William Faulkner

This is just an observation of the human’s complexity, but we are mostly what we inherit from our parents and what they teach us. Unfortunately, some folks repeatedly hammer their children with wrong ideas that can haunt them for life. We often hope for change, but at the same time, we fear change.  Yet, if we don’t take any chances, we’ll never succeed. Will we humans ever get our act together?  We should be cautiously daring.  A calculated risk is always better than stagnant complacency.