Live!

It is late and I thought that I would go along with the Embarass-ourself-Wednesday theme.  So I was looking
through old photo's and I found this one.  Then I thought of the perfect quote to go with it.  I guess there is a message there.

I am not a daredevil.  It takes me a long time to get my feet wet.  I 'play it safe'.  I probably have a few too many regrets.  Things that I really wanted to do, but didn't have the nerve, or didn't have the time, or didn't have the money...  Some opportunities are lost.  I didn't dwell in possibilties...but played it safe...cautious...  Not that safe and cautions isn't the right choice quite a bit of the time....but sometimes I wish I had gone with my gut and just made it happen...or took a deep breath and just did it...what ever it happened to be...

Many times, we went out with a friend on  his boat.  Everyone else took turns tubing...but something always held me back...until this day...when I finally got up the nerve and had a blast....until I fell under trying to get back in the boat (physical coordination...has never been one of my gifts).

You only live once...and within reason, we need to go on little adventures, we need to experience life...we need to live.  This is a lesson that I need to continually teach myself.  I hope I will continue to not let those nagging doubts stop me.

" Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a ride!"

~Hunter S. Thompson