The Upside of Falling Down

It's not the current that will drown you. It's the exhaustion from fighting it.

Don't worry. Just when you think your life is over, a new story line falls from the sky and lands right in your lap.

Sometimes letting go is braver than holding on until you break.

You can't be overwhelmed by the what-ifs, or you'll miss out on the best part.

We never believe we'll crash... until we're falling.

A person will walk into fire, knowing full well she'll get burned, but it doesn't hurt as much. When you're prepared for pain, pain loses power.

The feeling like no matter what I do, I'm going to fall. Something will toss me over the edge. Instead of letting that happen, I make the decision myself. I get to decide when to jump.

That's what a dare does. It taunts you to take a different direction, to do something you never thought you could do, to jump, knowing that a million consequences could be on the other side of that dare, but that if you don't do it, you'll always wonder. And sometimes wondering is worse than consequences.

Don't worry, teeny-tiny girls grow up to be the mightiest of creatures.

Fear wants you to stay scared, Bunny. But you don't have to give in. You don't have to let it control you.

Remember to take off, you need speed.

You can't avoid hurt. Your only choice is to live through it.

It isn't a dare unless you're afraid to do it.

You can’t avoid hurt. Your only choice is to live through it.

Time stops for no one, no matter how unsure we are of the future.

This is the upside to crashing: madly letting go and giving yourself to someone else. This is the freedom beyond the fear.

That's the thing with fear - conquer it, and you find freedom.

The outside doesn't always match the inside.

No matter what people want to believe, life is locked in the past. It's all we are - a timeline of events that make up a person.

Weird is a side effect of awesome.

The sun is setting, glistening off the water in iridescent colors. It’s mesmerizing and beautiful and vast.

Life is a collaborative effort. We can't do it on our own.

The problem with bumps is when you don't see them coming... you inevitably stumble and you usually fall.

No, sometimes life beats you down. Sometimes life deserts you, and your only choice is to find another path.

If you're going to be lost, there's no friendlier place to get lost in than Ireland.

Even when you think your life is over, a new story line appears.

My past doesn't matter anymore. I'm moving on. I'll just keep running, if that's what it takes. The question is: Are you moving on with me?

I thought I could avoid continually crashing, but as it turns out, it's unavoidable. Even on the calmest day, the ocean still rolls into the beach and pulls pebbles out to sea.

When a person gets used to failure, it becomes much less scary. A person will walk into fire, knowing full well she’ll get burned, but it doesn’t hurt as much. When you’re prepared for pain, pain loses power.

There's a moment bungee jumping, when you're free - falling. The air actually feels thick. Almost like it's keeping you afloat more than pushing you down. And you forget to be scared. You forget to be anything. You're just... still and falling at the same time. At the end, when the bungee catches, you're actually disappointed because it felt so good. It's over too soon. It's the upside of falling down. It's why you jump in the first place... for that moment.