Risk
From Salon
A willingness to risk it all for the sake of a well-nourished soul, says Sting, is what got him here today.

“There seems to be very little cognitive process associated with risks,” he writes, describing how he left a safe teaching job to try to make a go of it as a musician. “But it was also strangely joyous — like when you’re about to dive into some very cold water and the minute before you hit the water you think, ‘There’s no turning back now. I’ve done this.‘ And there’s a great freedom in knowing that there aren’t any safety nets.”

In fact, he says, if something doesn’t “make your stomach heave” or “scare the daylights out of you, it’s not a real risk.”