I love this question - and your gorgeous writing, May. Your balanced perspective on love and fear was awesome!

The question triggers my fear of missing out and never reaching my potential, especially the potential to make a difference for others. I am an activist for interspecies nonviolence and kindness. To use the elephant analogy, I am here to help people overcome their own learned helplessness + stop victimizing the elephants. If I were not afraid to fail, I would have bigger and bolder conversations about making the world a better place for all sentient beings, including nonhumans. I would also become some kind of athlete again, and I would find my compassionate life partner.

Thanks for inviting us to dream big! I really appreciate your work!