A sweet quote crossed my social media feed the other day. It goes like this:
“Life’s short … You don’t get to live this twice. This is it, the messy, beautiful, imperfect ride we call life. The late-night talks. The reckless laughter. The tiny wins no one claps for. So take the risk. Tell people you love them. Chase the things that set your soul on fire. Dance even if you look ridiculous. Stop waiting for the “right” moment, this is the moment. Make it count.”
There was no name attached to the quote, and I wasn’t able to find out who wrote it using my usual tricks. Did the author send it out into the world anonymously? Probably not.
But, as some people say in these days, the exhortation hit me in the feels. It hit me because there have been more than a handful of times I hesitated at the brink, on the verge, and ended up not doing. Life has turned out just fine, but every so often I think about one of those moments and wonder — “What if —?”
I think a worthy goal would be not to collect as many “what ifs.”
