safe or happy?

do you want to be safe

or happy?

i had a very vivid dream last night

right at the edge of a beautiful golden cliff

overlooking incredibly beautiful sparkling water

far far below

there's a glider or something that i can hang onto

and fly out into the sky

away from the cliff

into an experience of freedom and beauty and height and breadth

and i know this is a choice

between holding onto fear (safety/the ground)

or

letting go of fear (happiness)

i am certain that if i fear

i will sink

i will drop

immediately

if i am without fear

i will remain completely capable

of soaring freely

solidly upheld

filled with wonder and joy

in this ecstatic moment

a gift far beyond the ordinary (safety)

is ancient "safety"

really more fabulous

than present joy?