umbilical cord

Sometime in life it feels like you just have to cut your umbilical cord and start fresh in order to really survive. Maybe you held onto a friendship a little too long, kept trying to make something in your life work that just wouldn't, or kept a job that was stable even though it never really fulfilled you. Somehow you end up frustrated with life and realizing that you just have to take control of what you want to happen. It's scary to take the risk that you need to take in order to find out if you can succeed when you challenge yourself. Yet somehow it is also relaxing at the same time. I find that I end up being nicer to other people because I am really focusing on what I need to focus on and not the silly crap.