Stay with the Familiar, or Explore the Unknown?

I’ve always loved reading books and watching movies since I was a kid and one thing that keeps be hyped up is adventurous movies and books. Most times, like I’m living in the movie or book in really life. Thanks to books, movies and the news, I’ve learnt a lot about what is going on in the world and outside the world. Gone were the days I used to watch movies or cartoons and wish I could fly to space or even mars just to live there. I’ve equally followed news from NASA on their Mars exploration program and I just know that that’s just where it ends for me.

I love to explore, no doubt. But then, there’s an extent to the things I would do to places I would explore. Come to think of it. Earth is more than big enough for us all and truth be told, we haven’t even explored the whole earth yet. There’s still a lot under the ocean we haven’t explored and even on land. I remember seeing news of people exploring the ocean and not making it back to land. To make things worse, there was this conspiracy theory going round about how NASA was exploring the ocean and discovered something scary so they switched to exploring space and other planets.

In the part of the world where I come from, I know little about these stuff aside what I read and see. It may or may not be true. But I doubt I’d really know the truth because with most of these things, only a selected few know the real story do which I don’t even fall close to. I have actually imagine leaving earth to another planet to explore and live there alone. But then, thanks to series like the 100, these imaginations end as imaginations.

Just the thought of going somewhere no one probably lives and having to find my way around everything alone is just stressful and scary to me as much as it sounds adventurous. I love myself and I don’t wish to die before my time and so I’d just prefer to stay and earth with all you sweet souls doing the same old. It can get boring at times but it’s better than being in a desert with no water or human in sight on another planet and no escape plan whatsoever.

Even if conditions were favorable over there on this new planet and all, it would be difficult to for to leave everything and everyone I know behind just to start another life somewhere. The thought of not knowing how things will turn out is exciting but very scary to me. At least, here on earth, I know that I’ve worked hard to get to this point and I have a clear vision ahead. But having to start all over from point zero at this big age is a no no for me. I love earth and it’s the only place I’d be willing to stay in. Locked in for life!

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