Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

regret

There are so many moments in life where it's possible to be so overcome by fear (fear of the unknown, the uncertainty, the unpredictable outcome) that you can't help but stay on the fence... because it just feels that much safer to not make the ultimate decision of which way to go.

The question to ask yourself is never which way to go, though. Deep down, you had already made an unconscious decision of which way is more preferable to you. It was never a choice of "A" or "B", but rather "to B or not to B". "A" was always just the safer bet that made yourself feel better for having another option, in case you talked yourself out of "B". An option to settle for when you couldn't find the courage to leap for your preference.

Try asking yourself, instead, if you would regret not doing "B". Try centering your courage into believing your innermost desires are truly what would make you happy.

Nobody ever said it would be easy. Nothing that's ever worth it, is. So why choose to go the way you didn't even really want to go, and still have to suffer through it, when you could be battling and fighting for what really, truly matters to you?

We all die at some point. That is a common destination and an undeniable outcome. It is our only predictable future. And we all know that it will happen. We just don't ever know when.

Don't get there with any regret.

Don't let yourself die knowing that there were things you wish you would have done instead.