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I was looking through my Psychology teacher's website, and I found this quote:
"Think for a moment how truly blessed you are that life is yours to be lived. Then make the most of each opportunity to fully live it." - Ralph Marston
It took me a minute or so to try to understand what it truly meant. I never really understood why people say that one should live their lives to the fullest, and make the best out of everything, no regrets, never say never, take many risks, etc.
People say that life is a party, have a good time, it doesn't matter what others think, blah blah blah. But as I begin to think about the true meaning of this quote and how it applies to ME, well it got me to think.
I don't live my life to the fullest. If anything, I feel like there is not quite the amount of "fullness" that there should be. I feel like taking risks and living life to the fullest can be dangerous. It's like something is now holding me back from living that great life of true happiness and joy. when I had taken that one opportunity to live life to the fullest, it just seems as if it just bit me in the butt. major time.
One example: the Shower. I am totally serious. I took a risk, and I did something that I would not have done on a normal day. I lived life to the fullest at that moment. And the consequences of that action was just horrifying, and I never would have done it if I knew that it would continue to haunt me in my thoughts daily. I took the biggest risk, and lost so much without even thinking about what it could have lead to. I was boyfriendless, almost Israel-less, and I lost a whole lot of respect for myself, and I think there are people out there that did too. I'm not over what happened. I think about it all the time. And taking that opportunity and living life to the fullest allowed me to lose so much, but for what?
Is it worth to live life to the fullest? Should we continue to take those really big risks if it just going to get us in trouble?
"Think for a moment how truly blessed you are that life is yours to be lived. Then make the most of each opportunity to fully live it." - Ralph Marston
It took me a minute or so to try to understand what it truly meant. I never really understood why people say that one should live their lives to the fullest, and make the best out of everything, no regrets, never say never, take many risks, etc.
People say that life is a party, have a good time, it doesn't matter what others think, blah blah blah. But as I begin to think about the true meaning of this quote and how it applies to ME, well it got me to think.
I don't live my life to the fullest. If anything, I feel like there is not quite the amount of "fullness" that there should be. I feel like taking risks and living life to the fullest can be dangerous. It's like something is now holding me back from living that great life of true happiness and joy. when I had taken that one opportunity to live life to the fullest, it just seems as if it just bit me in the butt. major time.
One example: the Shower. I am totally serious. I took a risk, and I did something that I would not have done on a normal day. I lived life to the fullest at that moment. And the consequences of that action was just horrifying, and I never would have done it if I knew that it would continue to haunt me in my thoughts daily. I took the biggest risk, and lost so much without even thinking about what it could have lead to. I was boyfriendless, almost Israel-less, and I lost a whole lot of respect for myself, and I think there are people out there that did too. I'm not over what happened. I think about it all the time. And taking that opportunity and living life to the fullest allowed me to lose so much, but for what?
Is it worth to live life to the fullest? Should we continue to take those really big risks if it just going to get us in trouble?