A path less traveled?

People have two sources of empowerment in them. One source clings to safety and familiarity out of fear. This source causes one to regress, hanging onto the past and reluctant to grow, to take chances, and to destroy what one already has. The other source compels us to use our abilities and confidence to strive for what we believe in and what we want from our lives. The first source, due to pure inertia, is easy to follow, yet it can lead to an empty life full of unanswered questions and mediocrity. The second path, on the other hand, is more difficult to follow, for it requires an open and questioning mind. The fruits of this path, however, are rewarding. Following this road can lead you to enlightenment and self-discovery, your own personal utopia. In order to walk this path, one must tear down current foundations built of false perceptions mostly handed to us by others and rebuild using a fresh blueprint continually evolving into an open-minded future.