Whenever I meet someone new, if they strike me as an individual with the desire to live up to their potential, I ask them what they hope to accomplish before they die. I don't care what school you are going to, or what you are majoring in, or what career you plan to follow if you don't plan on using the limited time you're given on this planet to create and produce something worth having lived for.
Too often do I meet middle-aged people with children who are annoyed by them because they expect their children to pursue dreams that aren't genuine, chances that they missed because they chose to take the "safe" route and make a decent living instead of doing what they loved. Looking back at the most influential figures in recent human history, a majority of them started with little more than a passion for what they believed in. That passion, however, found attention and favor with the public and those who saw something that they wished they had - purpose.
The most prominent issue that most people face in taking chances is the inability to know what you're taking chances for, knowing what you believe in. Most of us assume that someday, when we graduate college or find a steady job to keep us financially afloat, we will magically discover what our purpose is. I have never seen that to be the case. More likely, in the trivial pursuit of the means, we tend to forget about the pursuit of a satisfactory end. We so easily get caught up in trying to live, that we oftentimes forget to actually live.
I laugh when people jokingly reference today as being the first day of the rest of their lives, because it is. Every happy (or sad) ending has a staring point. I, personally, dare you to make this moment yours.
Harry
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