With Each Passing Day, We Learn Something New

The day never comes when you know everything there is that you need to know.  We live each day making decisions that we've never made before in our lives. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. "Sometimes you even surprise yourself", and that's not necessarily a good thing.  No matter what decision you make, you continue to learn more and more with each passing day.

With each decision that is made, you run the risk of making mistakes or faulting in your judgement, sometimes with greater consequence than others. Regardless of the decision or its repercussions, the experience will, without a doubt, last a lifetime. You may not lose an eye or money, but after you get hit in the face with a basketball, you tend to be a lot more cautious when you're around flying basketballs.

I think it would be wrong of me to say that every decision that I have made that has resulted in negative consequence was a mistake. As a matter of fact, I know of some very disastrous decisions that I've made that were RIGHT.

I've spent my entire life with people telling me to take a risk, to go out on a limb and be free. They tell me not to worry about things so much. They all say "you'll feel better that way" or "it will make you happier' or "it's the only way you can enjoy life." While my life displays short glimpses of such a mentality, I am not really sure that's who I am. It may work for them, but.... I will be the first to admit that being who I am definitely has its shortcomings. When we gain something in our life, we often have to make a sacrifice...something that I am not sure I'm willing to make to be the adventurous person people envision me as.

That's what I have for today.