There was a study done,a hospital study on 100 elderly people facing death close to their last breadth. They were asked to reflect about their lives biggest regret. Nearly all of them said they regret not the things they did, but the things they didn't do. The risks they never took, the dreams they never chased. I ask you, would your last words be; "If only I had"? Hey you! Wake up! Why do you exist? Life is not made to simply work, wait for the weekend and pay rent. No no.
I don't know much but I know this; every person on this earth has a gift and I apologize to the black community. Martin Luther King? That man never had a dream, the dream had him. See, people don't choose dreams, dreams choose them but the question I'm getting to, do you have the courage to grab the dream that chose you? That befits you and grips you? Or would you let it get away and slip through your fingers? You know, I learnt the fact about airplanes the other day. Now this was so surprising, see, I was talking to a pilot and he told me that many of his passengers think that plane is dangerous to fly. But he said, it actually is more dangerous for a plane to stay on the ground. I said "What!??". How does that sound? And he said, "It is because, on the ground, the plane starts too rust, malfunction and eventually wears off much faster than it ever would if it was in the air. As I walked away, I thought "Yeah, that makes much sense" because planes were built to live in the sky and every person was built to live out the dream they have inside. So what is perhaps the saddest loss, to live a life on the ground without taking off. Most of us are afraid of the thief that comes in the night to steal all of our things. But there is a thief in your mind who is after your dreams. His name is "DOUBT". If you see him, call the cops and keep him away from the kids because he is wanted for murder, for he has killed many dreams. He appears in different disguise, and like a virus, will leave you blinded, divided, and turn you into a "kinda". See, "kinda" is lethal. Yo know what "kinda" is? It's a lot of kinda people. You kinda want a career change, you kinda want to get straight A's, you kinda wanna get in shape. Simple math, no numbers to crunch, if you kinda want something, you would kinda get the result you want!
What is your dream? What ignites that spark? You can't kinda want that?! You gotta want it with every part of your whole heart. Would you struggle? Yeah, yeah. You would struggle. There is no other way around it. You would fall many times but who is counting? Just remember, there is no such thing as a smoke mountain. If you wanna make it to the top, they are sharp edges that must be stepped over. there would be times you get stressed, there would be things you get depressed over. But let me tell you something, Steven Spillburg was rejected from the film school for three times, but he kept going! The television executives, fired Oprah, said she wasn't fit for TV but she kept going. Critics told beyond say that she couldn't sing, BUT SHE KEPT GOING. Struggles and criticism are what you must pass through before you become great. That is the law of the universe and no one escapes it because pain is life. But you can choose what type; either the pain on the road to success or the pain of being hunted with regret. You have my advice. Don't think twice! We have been given a gift of life. Life's too damn short! So don't blow it! You are not defined by your past, instead, you are born anew in each moment. So own it!
Sometimes you gotta leap and grow your wings on the way down. You better get the shot off before the clock runs out, because there ain't no overtime in life, no do overs. And I know I sound like I'm preaching or speaking with force but if you don't use your gift, then you selling not only yourself, but the whole worlds too. Short! So what invention do you have buried in your mind? What idea? What clue? What skill do you have inside to bring out to this universe? "Uni" meaning one, "verse" meaning "song". You have a part to play in this song, so grab the microphone and be brave, sing your heart out on live stage. You cannot go back and make a brand new beginning but you start now and make a brand new ending.
-@bash11
@bash11, I love every word on this post, they all got to me. Good write-up. Thanks for sharing
Thanks very much
I appreciate it
Reminds to to always jump into everything so I don't have any regrets. Wonderful writing
Thank you very much
Beautiful, encouraging post! I have so many dreams and have already fulfilled some of them (like having and raising children) I am passionate about writing at the moment and have a dream to write a book that will be published.
You are a great writer and I wish you the best!
Thanks very much!
I appreciate this
@originalworks
The @OriginalWorks bot has determined this post by @bash11 to be original material and upvoted it!
To call @OriginalWorks, simply reply to any post with @originalworks or !originalworks in your message!
@steem-untalented
NIce post bro 🤙🏾
This post sinks into the soul and virtually drags you out without any mercy to your convenience.
It makes an open shame of regret that planned to show up later. Great post @bash11. Upvoted it already. check out mine if its worth your upvote: https://steemit.com/life/@nobility/stress-you-have-overstayed-your-welcome
Its about STRESS.
Cheers!
I love your emphasis on Martin Luther King... Awesome post. Upvoted already
This is an encouraging post, every word of it is motivating
Good use of oxymorons too.
This is highly motivating.
✅✅✅
Really motivating, thanks for sharing as this post motivated me and I guess a lot of people who read it.