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Hello you! Hope you had a great Sunday? I sure did.
Anyway, I have a question that leads to what I'll be writing today. In a classroom setting, are you one of those who asks and answers questions in class, or are you one of those who probably know the answer, or maybe don't, but would rather sit and wait for others to ask and answer?
I fall in the second group. All my life, I don't think I willingly asked or answered any questions in school. If I had a question, I'd tell someone to ask on my behalf, or write the question and pass it to the lecturer. And if I knew the answer to a question, I'd tell someone the answer or keep quiet until someone else answers. I thought that this was just an attitude to school, but as I grew older, I found that this was more than that. It was a survival technique.
This is life. We all have things we are going through, individual battles we are fighting. Everyone is going through something, or generally figuring life out. You are not alone in this journey of life. But what separates us all is our attitude to life. Some people face life head on, doing what they want, what makes them happy. While some just try to be good, play it safe, and avoid any complications. I try to live life with as little danger and complications, and it was good for me. Not great. Until I woke up to the possibilities and opportunities that life had to offer. I started taking chances, daring myself, and it was liberating. I decided that whenever I'm faced with an opportunity, I should do the opposite of what I used to do. I decided to stop surviving and start living.
Has my decision been put into action? Yes. Has the result been positive? Sure has! I was recently faced with an opportunity to write for a group I was part of, and, contrary to what I would have done, I volunteered for the spot. Was it scary? Yes. But it didn't kill me. On the contrary, I felt this surge of energy and purpose. Like I was making progress, I could do anything. And so can you.
Stop waiting for the right time. I don't think that there's a right time to start anything anyway. Just start. Live. Choose to do what really excites you. You either create opportunities for yourself or catch any available opportunity. The minute it takes you to wait 'until you are ready' or until you are sure', know that it takes another person the same time to (decide to) grab that opportunity.
Just take the chances, you may find your best abilities in being creative as you go. Take a chance, see what happens. You may love it, or you may learn from it. But don't burn your opportunities for temporary comfort. So on a daily, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up on yourself or your abilities.
- The Lady
“And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.”
John 21:6
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