Heard on the Radio

I came across this gem last night:

The truth is, Every man dies
Not every man lives*

I can't say that I've heard anything lately that I agree with more ...

We forget to live in this life we've got and then we wonder:

Is this as good as it gets?**


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* Jason Aldean - Not Every Man Lives
** Melvin Udall in As Good as it Gets

Advice from the Hairdresser

Last night I had my hair shaped a bit and I was asking the hairdresser which she preferred to cut: short or long hair.

She said it didn't matter to her and then she said something that seemed, at the time, random, but makes sense.

She said, "You have to take risks in life and take chances on things. There's always time for it and you might really get something you like out of it."

It felt at the time like I'd stepped into a sort of self-help novel but it was good advice. Of course, she meant it in terms of having long hair and cutting it short but it really made me think.

There are a lot of things in life that I don't take chances on. I just skirt around them and try to manipulate them into being more comfortable to me instead of jumping in feet first. I don't trust myself enough to just DO.

I meet people that seem fearless, they do anything that comes their way without question. I meet others so locked in their fear that they do nothing at all.

Is it possible to be fearless but not reckless?