A Thirst for Life

If I let fear
Hold me back,
And never took
A chance on living,
What kind of life
Would I have lived?
What stories would I
Have to tell?
Had I not perceived
Each day
As an adventure,
And ultimately
As a lesson
To be learned,
Would my life
Have been
Worth recording?
Let the record show
I thirsted for life,
And quenched
That thirst,
Yet the thirst goes on.