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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Hmmm. I have often pondered this in retrospect. Here are my thoughts and feelings on pursuing...LIFE. First of all, you are in the enviable position to be young enough to actually do it - go off on grand adventures in search of yourself. As you get older, it will be harder and harder to do, until sometime along the way, you will no longer be willing to subject yourself to taking those kinds of risks anymore (nor will you necessarily have the energy to do it). So if you are going to do it, do it now. The main question to ask yourself is, will you regret having not done it later? I can imagine no greater sense of despair and regret as that of one who lived a comfortable, easy existence and comes to the end of their life bitterly wishing they had done the opposite as they had the chance. Perhaps some see this differently, but I personally see it like that. I would suggest heeding the advice that DL gave. It is pretty good advice. I would also suggest that you thoroughly read what DB posted. Wise words, those. With that, I would suggest that you do the following : [b]SAVE YOUR MONEY![/b] Seriously, if you are going to go off into the wild blue yonder, then most of the money that you have I would suggest putting in a very safe place, and let it earn more money for you, in the years that you are wandering. You will kiss yourself later for doing this, believe me. It is the only thing that I regret not doing, as I had the chance. Before you decide to do anything, I want to relate some experiences that perhaps will be useful to you. I did not really choose my life of...adversity, although I know now that I am responsible for it (back then, I had a HELL of a chip on my shoulder and enough rage against the world to power an army of raving lunatics - I guess in a way I probably still do, but I am more comfortable with that beast these days). One could say that I was hell bent on destruction, probably my own. My path led me down a number of...really scary places and experiences. Many who either tried to accompany me or were met along the way fell hard - death, jail, drugs, broken dreams, broken wills...the risk of running astray is f**king [b]HUGE![/b]. I cannot stress this enough - adventures are DANGEROUS and RISKY! Yes, they are tests of your character, resolve, and will. Surviving them will make you both stronger and more aware of who and what you truly are. But you need to keep in mind, that you can also fail. And this type of failure is extremely hard for most to deal with, and depending on the type of failure, can lead to things that are permanent - like landing in jail, killing someone, or worse, being seriously injured (loosing an eye, limb, or life). End of adventure. I know many that fell along the wayside like this - I am still here, but they are long gone. I guess that my incredible tenaciousness, and indomitable will, combined with an amazing amount of luck got me through. There are times, when I reminesce through the past, that I do find it hard to believe that I was the one that went through all that I did, and survived with hardly a scratch (ok, a few scars, but hey, I can accept that). Do I have stories to tell these days? Yes. Can I handle myself in a fight? Yes. I have won a very firm grasp of what I am capable of, and what I am not capable of, of who and what I am (both good and bad) and I have come to peace with that. As far as I could push the envelope, I have. There are not many things left that I really feel that I want to do. These days, I have a rather humble job, I have a fantastic wife (after going through more than a few women who were really bad for me) and I have one child (a daughter, age 11 from a previous marriage) and two twin sons on the way. Despite the rather humble financial state of things, we live fairly well - my wife is a wonder with money (I must admit, I am not - although I don't throw money out the window, I am a horrible manager of the stuff) and it is mostly through her abilities that we do rather well financially. I must say I am very, very satisfied with my life so far. I never thought that I would get the chance to be a loving father, with an amazing woman at my side, that loves me. Of course, family is one of the most important things to me, so perhaps that accounts for most of my satisfaction with things. Also, due to my life of adventure and adversity, I have learned that it is actually easier and happier to live with less - I am not very material. Oh, occasionally, like everyone I suppose, I imagine it would be nice to win the lottery, or something. Thus, my suggestion financially to you before. If I had done that as I had the chance (and I did), then my life would be a little easier financially. Not that we live in poverty, or anything, but sometimes it is nice to let ones thoughts drift. Whatever you do, my suggestion and advice is to follow the path with a heart. It might lead to sorrow, it might lead to adversity - but one will never regret later not having of walked it. From one who did, has, and still is. Loading...
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