Tag: Take Chances

Make it Happen

“Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.”

– Bradley Whitford

          You can’t spend your entire life waiting for life to happen to you. No, if you want to change and move forward, then you must get up and make it happen. Or, you may very well spend your entire life waiting instead of living. So, decide the type of life you want and then go out there and make it a reality. The only person holding you back is you.

Get Moving

“No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don’t begin you can’t get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable!”

― Israelmore Ayivor

       Every dream, every goal, and every journey must have a beginning. You must get up and put one foot in front of the other if you want to turn the next page in the story of your life.

Stop Overthinking It

“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. In other words, a wish is a good place to start but then you have to get off your butt and make it happen. You have to pick up a quill and write your own damn story.”

― Suzanne Selfors

         It’s so easy to get lost in our heads and in our own self doubts. We so often set ourselves up for defeat and failure before we even start. So, if you have a dream, then get up, start making it a reality, and stop overthinking it.

Leave Your Comfort Zone

“Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.”

― Roy T. Bennett

         Life is about taking chances and trying new things. It isn’t about playing it safe and staying in your comfort zone. For you will never know what you’re capable of or the mountains you can climb until you challenge yourself to lose sight of the shore.

Always Try

“There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.”

― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

        You can’t go through life too afraid to take chances for that’s not living. So, you must remind yourself to always try even though you will undoubtedly fall short at times. But, regardless, you will grow as a person for having put yourself out there and it will make the times you do win the race that much more meaningful.

Start Anew

“We grow up with such an idealistic view on how our life should be; love, friendships, a career or even the place we will live ~ only to age and realise none of it is what you expected & reality is a little disheartening, when you’ve reached that realisation; you have learnt the gift of all, any new beginning can start now and if you want anything bad enough you’ll find the courage to pursue it with all you have. The past doesn’t have to be the future, stop making it so.”

― Nikki Rowe

         Change is scary. But, the key is to never let fear or disenchantment prevent you from pursuing the life you want. You can start anew at any point in your life…it is never too late to change the ending of your story!! Find the courage and strength within yourself to go after what truly matters most to you.

Choose to Act

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”

– Amelia Earhart

        Sometimes in life you have to take a leap of faith into the unknown without knowing what awaits you on the other side. You have to take chances in order to move forward to create the life you desire. So, don’t be afraid to take the untrodden path and don’t look back from whence you came, for you aren’t going in that direction any longer.

Essence of Life

“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself – expanding and learning as you go – you’re choosing a numb existence. You’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”

― Dean Karnazes

            Life is the ultimate marathon. It has it joys along with its sorrows. It has its treacherous roads and its flat, straight roads. And there is no escaping the chaotic journey that is life, unless you choose to sit on the sidelines instead of being brave enough to live a life worth living. Choose to embrace the pain and beauty that is life. For to go through life numb is the coward’s way out.