No Time for Resistance

I just read this quote and I was like, "Yes!"

It's snowing outside. I'm wrapped in a blanket, pondering the mysteries and surprises of life. I want to live the unlived life within me. I want to merge the life I live with the unlived life within me. Resistance has no place in my world. Life is too short.

You Get to Decide

I stumbled upon this tonight, purely by accident. But I have to say - I just love it!

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, if this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
"Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile."

Life is a ride. A pretty cool ride actually. Every single day - no, every single moment - is a crossroads of some sort. You can take so many different paths - left, right, back, forward...you can even stand still. You get to decide. Even though there are so many curveballs, so many circumstances, so many risks, so many questions, so many positives and negatives, we get to decide what direction we take. And that in itself is empowering.

The Quest

My Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You book is getting quite filled up. Tonight, I opened it to this page, so I'm just going to take it as a sign and give my brain a rest.

It's a good thing I'm not above laughing at myself. My best friend knows it too - she was just on the phone laughing with me at my life.

Sometimes all you can do is shake your head at yourself and smile anyway. I read a quote today that resonated. "Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure."

I guess I'm on a quest to look for the "real"...

Chances

I've been pondering this quote:

"One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of choking."

I find myself substituting words.

One cannot refuse to move forward just because there is a chance of falling.

One cannot refuse to try just because there is a chance of failing.

One cannot refuse to speak just because there is a chance of being misunderstood.

One cannot refuse to love just because there is a chance of losing.

I could go on. 

Let's live.