I remember a question asked during one of my favorite movies "The Emperor's Club." The instructor asked one of his students, "How do you want to be remembered?"
When I first heard that question I got goosebumps while pondering my own answers. I rattled off a whole list of answers. And then I realized that to get to any of these lofty goals I would have to take some chances. Some educated risks if you will. That has lead to some very significant changes in not only my personal growth - also my sense of adventure.
This was a major breakthrough for me!
So I have a challenge for you. Answer the question, "How do you want to be remembered?"
Make out a list of things you'd like to be remembered for and go for your dreams, take chances, and make life an adventure. Get out of the whirling cesspool of misery and foreboding doom! Get off your rear, stop blaming the government, your age, your coworkers, and most of all stop making excuses for being where you're at. It's your own fault! And you MUST deal with it!
Remember one of my favorite passages titled "RISK"...
To laugh is to risk appearing the Fool
To weep is to risk appearing Sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk Involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your True Self
To place your dreams before a Crowd
is to risk their Loss
To love is to risk not being loved in Return
To live is to risk Dying
To hope is to risk Despair
To try is to risk Failure
But risk must be Taken, because
The greatest hazard in life is to risk Nothing.
The person who risks Nothing
Does nothing - has nothing - and is Nothing
They may avoid suffering and Sorrow,
But they cannot learn - feel - Change -
Grow - Love - Live
Chained by their Certitudes,
They are a Slave;
They have forfeited their Freedom.
Only a person who risks is Free.
I'm not religious but I'm still going to say, "AMEN!"
New book coming soon...STAY TUNED!
Until next time...
Peter
http://www.peterwink.com/
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