Why falling is good for you

If you think that the Universe keeps testing us, you're right, it probably does. That's how we learn who we are and who we want to become.
I have developed an allegory... It goes like this:

Regarding major decisions and pursuits of goals, we assume that what's happening is us standing near the edge of a cliff, staring into the emptiness, fearing to take a giant leap and land on the other side... I would often say that I take one step forward and 10 steps back... yet, how I came to see it today was a revelation! 
We never take steps backward, we can only take them forward, they're just clumsy enough so we fall, fall down into the emptiness. However, we're still in the forward motion, moving towards our goals with the tools we had and now recognizing that these mechanisms don't work anymore.
You fell, but you haven't failed.

If you're like me, you most likely wallow in the pit for a bit, analyze everything and curse some more - but then you climb back up, and guess what, if you're keen, you climb up the other side - the other mountain than the one where you had been standing before. Because from the pit you get a nice survey of where you've been, where you're at, and where you're going next. The top of the hill was overwhelming, from the bottom you can see it all more clearly. We're never as stuck as we think. 

To affirm that we can't take the leap, it's safer to hover over the emptiness, contemplating the jump, or actually move further away from our intent can't be true for as long as life goes on. 
Every experience, good or bad, pushes us towards the other side (quite literally). If you're just as curious what lies on the other side without dying first, take another step, and another, until you fall... it's ok, I promise you!
Mistakes are inevitable. 
The real fun begins after you climb back up the other end - and, hold and behold, see that there is another fuckin' crater there. Another edge of a mountain calling on to you to jump ahead to get across to the other peak and face another pit there.
It will never stop.
Still, we never go backward.
If you fall, dust off and climb up the other side. Stay strong.

That's not to suggest that life is all about crossing mountains and jumping over dark abysses...
but it sure does feel like that at some point in human life.
Sometimes, it's a peaceful walk through a Balinese paradise... and sometimes it's not. Perhaps your comfort zone sneakily dressed up as tranquility. Please, do not create drama just to see what lies beyond your comfort zone, no. But if the tranquility starts to seem false, or your heart feels unfulfilled, take a leap of faith.
You'll always move forward.
Now, if you're still wallowing in the abyss, it's time to get up!