I want you guys to remember this thread for as long as you can. I want you to remember these words you're going to read for the rest of your lives and to carry the meaning behind the in your souls for as long as you all live. In life, you will be given opportunities, and with these opportunities, come doubts. Do not let these doubts get the better of you and force you to let these opportunities pass by, because as far as we know, we only live once. We have one life to live, and it is so not worthwhile to let any chance you have at doing something amazing come and go, because you might never have that opportunity again. Once you make a decision, it will ripple throughout the rest of your life like a drop of water ripling across a pond. If you have something you care for, and you have the opportunity to do something for it, go for it. Just go for it. Succeed or fail, you'll be able to tell your kids that you were the guy/girl who tried. That alone is pretty freaking admirable. Don't end up like me; a washed up pussy who screwed up his future for the sake of a risk-averting lifestyle. You'll end up old, alone, bitter, and self-loathing for the rest of your lives, and before you know it, you'll be looking for those opportunities you needed earlier. Only to sit in the rain and wait for them to come. God, there is so much I wish I could take back. So much I want to make ammends for, but time is what it is; it moves on without stopping, leaving behind those who can't catch up to it. As a dear old friend of mine would put it "It's like trying to catch the rain; you stick your hand out to catch it, but it slips right through your grasp". It doesn't matter whether your too humble, too shy, too unconfident, or too doubtful. If you want something, and you have the means to achieve it, to grasp it in your own hands, then do the impossible and raise your hand. Raise it and seize your destiny through hard work and determination. I have tried, I have failed and I have given up, but it wasn't until I reached the point of no return that I realised how I really hadn't tried at all. Again, if ever in your life, the opportunity to do something amazing arises, or if there's something you want to do take it.
Spike is spot on with a lot of things (minus him being a washed up pussy D: ). However, I have to say that its not too late to still grasp onto the opportunities. Its never too late to try at the very least. You'd be surprised at the results if you just had a positive mindset and great determination. I'll have you know I met someone very dear in my life and throughout his journey despite all the crap he had to endure physically he still pursued onto realizing his dreams to becoming a Journalist, showing people who tried to put him down that he wasn't all those things, and he definitely showed them a thing or two. Right till his last breath. He never did become a journalist because of his early passing... but from his excellent grades, determination and an amazing willpower... with no doubt if things had gone differently for him he would make the most excellent journalist. He spent most of his life in and out of hospital, hearing the healthy kids complain about how they've had it bad. All he wanted was to become better. However that was the only thing in his life he couldn't change. Let me just tell you this people. Its never too late. Never too late to let your potential shine. You can be what you want to be, you just have to have the determination to do so! You only have that one chance to live life, so why not be who you want to be. Let your spirit shine and show everybody who's boss! c:
I agree to a point, but what if that "opportunity to do something amazing" had negative effects on you but positive ones others?
Its only negative if you let it become negative, or let others make it negative for you. With life there are highs and lows in general, so you need to take things with a pinch of salt c:
Allow me to be more specific. What if the cost of doing what was right would be your own life. Would you still do it?
If it were for the ones that were very dear to me, then yes. I would personally. I'm not really scared of death anymore. Not that I'd commit suicide or anything. Don't know what others would do, but I'd personally rather let them live and make something of themselves.
It is pretty tough knowing I used to think like I would die for someone I cared about and now I just couldn't see doing it for anyone but family. Betrayal changes everything.
