I Am Afraid of Failure

Recently I found out that a lot of the choises I made in life thus far has to do with me being afraid to fail. I guess at this point in my life I kinda am stuck while I see people around me going to the next phase in life, like getting married and having babies and stuff. I always told myself that I made certain choises because of my goals in life and that I never was really worried about relationships but honestly, I think I am more afraid of it then I initially thought.

Last night I was talking to a friend who told me I just have to take certain risks when it comes to love and yeah I might fail at it and hell yeah I will get hurt at some point but it's part of the game and like any other player I have to go through it. Keep in mind that my friend is very bitter over all the bad relationships he has been in that the whole romance idea of love has been broken 5 girlfriends ago, while I still believe in romance.

So, this kept me awake all night. I mean I like my life and I like my job. I worked very hard to get where I am right now and I can honestly say right now I am scared. I am afraid what impact it will have on my life if it goes wrong and if my head is still able to think straight. Can't I just adopt childeren while being singel and skip the relationship part.