Fear

FEAR

        I believe in fear, not the emotion but the practice. I believe in defying your fear, receiving the rush of adrenaline that courses through your body. Ok… now before I start sounding too much like an adrenaline junky, let me explain the day in the life of Lorenzo.

        I wake up, from the start I am a slave to society, and as soon as I hear the blaring noise from the alarm I am a slave to my schedule. I get ready for school, go to all my classes, come home and do my homework, and guess what? At the end of the day I get to go to bed and wake up to the same routine every day.

        As I said before, I believe in defying my fears and for the few seconds that you defy that unexplainable emotion, you body rewards you with a rush of adrenaline and for a few seconds you are free. No one can tell you what to do, how to do it, or how to act. You scream at the top of your lungs, the joy in your heart is unbearable, and you hope this moment lasts forever… but it never does.

        From the beginning of life your body wants you to push its limits. Once you do something that defies your fears, to get the reward of adrenaline you must push the limits of your fears, and you keep progressing until you become fearless. That is the day I die. I can think of nothing worse than becoming fearless, you lose that rush of adrenaline, you are scared of nothing and therefore you body does not reward you for not pushing your limits.

        I believe fear is my fatal flaw. One day facing my fears will kill me, but if I don’t die today, I will die another day. Each day we live, we are ticking… and with each tick we are closer to our deaths. So why not live life to the fullest everyday of your life? I am a teenager, the best years of my life. The point of adding –teen to the end of your age is to show the recklessness. Being responsible is for adults, and we are defined by our actions. The last thing anyone should want is to be known as the average adult. I want to be known as the insane teenager who is going to kill himself if he keeps it up.

        As long as my body keeps coursing that incredible substance into my body, the longer I will be reckless, and the day that my body runs dry, the day I die. We must seize the day, live for as hard and as long as we can, and admit when our life is at its end.