I'm a Coward.

Sometimes being a coward is OK. Like when it keeps you from doing something stupid that you'll regret later. I know this from experience. But sometimes being a coward just gets in your way. I wonder how many times I've stopped myself from doing something that would have changed my life for the better. I know there have been a bunch of things I've done that I've been afraid to do that have made be stronger, either because they went well and my life improved or because they flopped horribly and just making it out on the other side alive was an accomplishment.

So, when you're standing on the precipice, how do you know the difference?

You don't. That's part of the lesson. You find out when you get to the bottom and look back up.