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2009: The Year of Action
Feb. 6th, 2009 06:30 pmI've worked hard to live a life of action. I don't want to be one of those people who always talks about doing things without actually doing them. It wasn't an easy thing to learn to do and I'm sorry to say that it's still sometimes a struggle to act instead of talk.
If there's anything I've learned, however, it's that all things are possible if tried. Conversely, nothing impossible except those things that aren't attempted. I was once terribly introverted and shy and painfully virginal. But I forced myself to meet people, to talk when I was afraid to, to make the mistakes I needed to make in order to be the kind of person I wanted to be (or in other words, non-virginal). Sure there were a lot of missteps, step backs and mistakes. I do, unfortunately, have regrets. But very rarely have I failed at something through lack of trying.
I don't make New Year's Resolutions but I do try to reinforce new habits throughout the year. I know that chances are very slim that I'll ever win the lottery but it's also impossible if I don't buy a ticket so I do. What does a couple of dollars a week hurt me? I don't think I'm a very good writer and I despair of ever writing anything again that I have the balls to show to someone else but I still force myself to write. And because I do, maybe some day I'll have something worth reading. I'll even force myself to show something because until I do, no one will ever like it. That's a guarantee.
Mainly, I try to remember that the only things that are certain are failures that come out of inaction.
Along those lines I now speak (or write) when I have something to say. I'm trying harder now to post publicly because I want some of these things to get out there. I'll write the whitehouse.gov site, I'll write to my representatives in Congress.
Spirit Airlines pissed me off today for the nillionth time when I learned that they're making their stewards wear uniforms with advertisements on them. I think it's cruel to make their employees where things like that. I think it's disrespectful to their customers who are already inundated with too much advertising wherever they go. And though I already had more than enough reasons not to fly with them I felt like I had to comment. My distaste cannot go unsaid. Maybe no one will ever read it (they certainly tried hard enough not to receive it). But I know it'll never be heard if I say nothing.
I have a great life and the reason it's so good is because of following that philosophy. The last 15 years of my life have been years of action and by jolly, so will the years that come after.
If there's anything I've learned, however, it's that all things are possible if tried. Conversely, nothing impossible except those things that aren't attempted. I was once terribly introverted and shy and painfully virginal. But I forced myself to meet people, to talk when I was afraid to, to make the mistakes I needed to make in order to be the kind of person I wanted to be (or in other words, non-virginal). Sure there were a lot of missteps, step backs and mistakes. I do, unfortunately, have regrets. But very rarely have I failed at something through lack of trying.
I don't make New Year's Resolutions but I do try to reinforce new habits throughout the year. I know that chances are very slim that I'll ever win the lottery but it's also impossible if I don't buy a ticket so I do. What does a couple of dollars a week hurt me? I don't think I'm a very good writer and I despair of ever writing anything again that I have the balls to show to someone else but I still force myself to write. And because I do, maybe some day I'll have something worth reading. I'll even force myself to show something because until I do, no one will ever like it. That's a guarantee.
Mainly, I try to remember that the only things that are certain are failures that come out of inaction.
Along those lines I now speak (or write) when I have something to say. I'm trying harder now to post publicly because I want some of these things to get out there. I'll write the whitehouse.gov site, I'll write to my representatives in Congress.
Spirit Airlines pissed me off today for the nillionth time when I learned that they're making their stewards wear uniforms with advertisements on them. I think it's cruel to make their employees where things like that. I think it's disrespectful to their customers who are already inundated with too much advertising wherever they go. And though I already had more than enough reasons not to fly with them I felt like I had to comment. My distaste cannot go unsaid. Maybe no one will ever read it (they certainly tried hard enough not to receive it). But I know it'll never be heard if I say nothing.
I have a great life and the reason it's so good is because of following that philosophy. The last 15 years of my life have been years of action and by jolly, so will the years that come after.
