How does experimentation teach us about ourselves? What are the risks? When does risking become freeing?
Experimentation teaches us about ourselves because it lets us know our limitations. You have to experiment to know how far you can go and how far you will go. The risks are that if you are trying something new, you may not know how much you can handle at first. You may go too far and end up harming yourself in some way. Risk taking becomes freeing when you actually do something that you’ve been wanting to do, but were hesitant in doing at first. College is a perfect example! It’s a big risk to go far away from home, like many of us did coming to Spelman, but it’s also freeing because we’re on our own. And it’s not so bad after a while. This is also when experimentation becomes key and a lot of people learn what their limits are.
