This is a quote that was in the bulletin at church. It is by a monk named Brother Jeremiah. I think it is very good and fitting for anyone to hear and think about regardless of religiosity.
If I had my life to live over again, I would try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have ever been on this trip. I know very few things that I would take seriously next time around. I would make more trips. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets. I would do more walking and more looking. I'd eat more ice cream and less beans. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. You see, I am one of these people who lives sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments. If I had it to do over again, I would have more of them. ...I have been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a rain coat, aspirin and a parachute. If I had it to do over again, I would go places, I'd do things...If I had to do it over again, I would take a lot more risks.
After reading this I feel a need to accomplish something big with my life. I don't want to settle for just good enough. My life should be great and a testament to God's glory. I'm not sure if I will ever end up being famous, but that's not really what I'm going for. Rather I think I just need to trust that God will make me into the person he really wants me to become rather then keep myself boxed up in the mundane and dull life that anyone can live. I need to take some risks!
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Whoa, how'd you get the desire to accomplish something big from that quote.
The point of that quote is that life's too short to take seriously all the time - too short to worry about what might happen so much that you miss out on what IS happening.
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