"If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat" - Chapter 1

This is an awesome book, telling us about the relationship between risks, failures, growth and our "boats". It focuses on the event where Peter gets out of the boat and walks towards Jesus, and he wrote a new page in history where man walked on water. I'm pretty sure he's the only one I know of, besides Jesus.

We often focus on failures in life, because society tells us to succeed. Peter didn't fail. Peter triumphed on water, although only for a while, and the triumph stopped when he lost focus on Jesus and looked towards the storm. He succeeded. The other 11 disciples failed, because they missed the opportunity to feel success.

I'm a fairly risk-adverse person. I don't gamble(mainly due to my religion, but I wouldn't gamble if I were atheist), I don't buy shares. I never do anything that I think might let me fail. I enjoy my comfort zone very much. Maybe because I have a reputation to keep, it's too much on the stake. If I join a new ministry, and I have no experience in it, then I fail... what will people think of me? I also don't put the effort into making new genuine friendships. I have many acquaintances, but I feel too comfortable with my existing "close friends" to risk putting pointless energy in making new friendships. Probably due to the fear of rejection, and I'm tired.

Whatever it may be, I'm definately one of the disciples in the boat. But the water is where Jesus is...