Recently a lot of
people that I know personally and a lot of my twitter followers have been acting
rather strangely, well a lot more strange than usual. One of the big things that
I've noticed is that they talk themselves out of opportunities that will have a
major impact on their lives. This isn't something that I can relate to or
understand in the slightest because I'm not the type to talk myself out of
decisions. Usually if something that comes along that benefits me way more than
it will hurt me, I usually do it. Like if someone came up to me right now and
said "hey would you like to jump off the side of this building with a parachute
fully working and minimal chance that you will die from doing it" I will
probably jump all over the opportunity with a smile on my face. I think for the
most part that people don't have that Y.O.L.O or the "just do it' kind of
attitudes anymore, everyone wants to play it safe.
I just want
people to realize one thing about life, you're going to die sooner or later.
The majority likes
to tip toe around death and act like it's never going to happen to them when in
reality it could happen at any second. I was one of those people before I
deployed to Iraq and when I got back I made major changes to the way I think
about death. One big reason I implore people to be ready in case of something
happens to you would be having money readily available to those who have to take
care of your expenses. I mean it's impossible to have your ducks in a row for
when you kick the can, but at least have some kind of money set to the side to
take care of people long after you're gone. Most people would say they don't
want to take care of anyone after they leave, which is sad and unfortunate for
them, but I have nephews and a niece that I would want to leave a little
something to for when I kick the bucket since I don't have any kids of my own.
That's my
little lesson about finances for the moment lol.
What I really
wanted to get at with the whole death thing is that you spend your whole life
playing it safe and working. You have a normal daily routine that will always be
there, you may switch jobs or places you live in, but for the most part that
routine will be there. I don't know about you, but the thought of just living to
work and then dying is way more morbid that actually thinking about death. Just
image your whole life you just trudge along with your daily routine and then you
just dropped dead. What have you done in your life that you look back on and say
that it was the single most awesome thing that you've ever done? What is
something that your kids can be proud of you for when it's time to hang up the
cape? What can you look back on and take pride of when you can no longer move
how you want to?
Those are the
things that I think about when I'm sitting down and planning things that I want
to do. I mean I've done way more than the average person in life, but I don't
want to just be average, I want to actually be able to be above the awesome
level that people have designated when it comes to doing awesome things. I have
a whole bucket list right now in it's earliest stages for things I'm going to do
once I get the job that I want. I have plans and I intend on executing them, and
if you know me, when I want something badly, I don't stop for anything until I
get it. Sometimes when you second guess yourself or over think something too
much, that usually means that's something that you need to be doing. That's
something that's embedded in your mind that your heart and soul have all
connected to, something that needs to be done or you'll be living with regrets.
I use to be
overprotective of my female friends that travel alone because this world is
crazy and messed up, but then I realized that if you live within that fear of
living, you'll never experience anything. That's the only hurdle I have in my
mind other than that of not having people to actually do things with when it
comes down to traveling, but that's another story for another time and place.
Basically you have to say "fuck it" when it comes to do something completely out
of the blue, even it if it means doing it by yourself. Doing something when
everyone else is scared to or so stuck in their ways is probably one of the most
gratifying feelings in the world because you are that person that could when no
one else would.
That's the
essence of life folks; doing awesome things you or anyone else never saw
yourself doing.
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