What's in life

So I am posting an inspirational read that I really love.
This was part of our discussion way back our high school retreat. From that day on, few phrases has been stuck on my mind and now I'm so happy that I've finally found the whole article, (no idea though, who wrote this).

As always, thank you Google!
You are the best.  


xxx,

jess

What's in life?

In life, there are two choices, to move forward or to stagnate. If you want to move forward, you have to turn your back from the past and face the present and future with your eyes open. You do no leave your other foot stuck in the past. If you do, you are immobilized and your failure will hold you back. You are left to cope with "what ifs", "should haves," and piles of regret. Nothing changes and when you feel this way, you start to believe that nothing will change. If you sincerely want to change, you drop the anger, the pain, the disappointment and sad experiences behind you.

It is hard to leave the past. It is difficult to forgive and forget the people who may have hurt you, but you mentally close the door of the past firmly behind you and open another door to freedom. When you leave your past behind, you don't carry over into your present life, a mental chart of the things or actions other people did to you. You do not spend three hours a day wringing your hands and trying to understand why the unfortunate incident happened. You do not moan over the unfair judgement passed on to you. What you do, if you want to positively get even, is to make your life so successful that your enemies will wonder how you recovered so fast! As one writer says "Living well is the best revenge."

Our life is determined by the choices we make. We make or break our lives, sometimes we come out unscratched. Usually we don't know it is up to us to mend our torn selves and put them back to pieces. Only when this is done we can say that we are free from the negative, misleading past. Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.

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YOLO - What's holding you back?

You only live once. 

True enough. A very important thought we should all keep in mind. But I bet, this is easier said than done.

I could attest to that. I can say YOLO forever, but am I really living it up?

If not, what's holding me back?

Life is about taking chances. But taking chances requires a lot of courage and confidence. We need to take risks and ignore everything or everyone that will go against our action. Sad to say, I think our society is about conformity. We adhere to what others think is right. We tend to be pressured with the expectations that society created for us. Hence, this hinders us from being brave enough to do whatever we want. Doing things without having to consider what others may think. 

Another is that, we live with fear. We are so scared, even with our visualizations and imaginations alone. We worry a lot and over think things. As we take the risks life has to offer, we are never certain of how things will turn out. There's no guarantee. We may succeed (bravo!) but, there is the possibility that we may fail as well (scary!). And because of our fear of failure and rejection, we'd rather not do it at all. We are so afraid of failing, but who loves failure anyway? 

Conformity and fear.Two things that should be stopped now.

These are barriers that keep us from living the life we ever wanted, life to the fullest!

We only have this one shot at life and we can never tell until when we can have it.

So why not start taking chances now? Do whatever it is that makes you happy. Follow your heart's desire. Be brave and do not be afraid. Take risks while you still can. Throw all the worries and be excited all the time. Nothing you do is worthless for there can always be a good thing out of it - experience. Always say - "at least I tried" which is much better than the 'what if's' that you might get out of the regret of not trying at all. 

Are you ready to live each day as if it will end by midnight? If not, then try. Try while you still have time. 

God blessed us with this life. Let us not waste it by living full of regrets. Happiness lies within the desires of your heart coming to life. So, do it now and make it happen. Live the life you want. After all,

you only live once. 

YOLO. A note to myself.

xoxo,

jess