Where are you taking risks?

I try to take risks In almost all parts of my day-to-day life.  It's easy and comfortable to not take risks.  I can get up in the morning, clean up, pour my coffee, run the usual storylines of the day in my head, drive to work, do the work, drive home, internet, TV, read, sleep--and squeeze in eating of course.

Taking risks for me is when I pause and see through these habitual patterns and allow some space to truly experience what is going on.  In Shambhala Warriorship, this is considered "daring".  It's a commitment to be willing to feel a little uncomfortable outside of our cocoons.  I take risks when I pause from my routine of telling--and I do mean telling--someone, "How's it goin'?"  The pause allows me to actually listen to their answer and have a genuine human interaction.  For someone who has lived a life with perpetual anxiety, these genuine "daring" moments have been huge.  A breath of fresh air.