Why it feels so great to stop playing it safe

My mother sent me this poem by John Odonohue and I believe it perfectly captures my experiences leading up to and since the moment I decided to take my leave of absence and persue my spiritual path. I'm excited to stop playing it safe and to step out on new ground. 

In out of the way places of the heart

Where your thoughts never think to wander

This beginning has been quietly formin

Waiting until you were ready to emerge.For a long time it has watched your desire

Feeling the emptiness grow inside you

Noticing how you willed yourself on

Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.It watched you play with the seduction of safety

And the grey promises that sameness whispered

Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent

Wondered would you always live like this.Then the delight, when your courage kindled,

And out you stepped onto new ground,

Your eyes young again with energy and dream

A path of plenitude opening before you.Though your destination is not clear

You can trust the promise of this opening;

Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning

That is one with your life’s desire.Awaken your spirit to adventure

Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk

Soon you will be home in a new rhythm

For your soul senses the world that awaits you.