Quote

"Never take the chance, the risk I leave alone."

Years ago, when I was first dabbling in the internet, I met a guy online...I can't quite remember how we met, but I have a feeling it had something to do with 311 because we were both huge 311 fans. His name was Tom and was from upstate NY. We became friends and a few times, he shared some things that he had written. The quote above is from something he wrote. If I remember correctly, the quote is from some song lyrics.

This quote has always stuck with me, from the moment I read it. I remember it was my senior year of high school because in my keyboarding class, I typed it up with the awesome thing known as MS Word "Word Art" and hung it on my wall.

Part of me has never quite understood my fascination with this quote. I think I like the structure and the flow of the words, but I suspect a little bit of a deeper meaning. Perhaps I am attached to these words because they describe me so well. I am one of these "what if" people who never use the "what if" to describe something good, always something bad. Like, "what if I fail...what if I get rejected...what if it doesn't work out, " instead of "what if it works out...what if I'm successful...what if I get everything I've ever wanted."

The quote is just me in a nutshell. I have taken chances before and they have worked out, but most of them were situations that were put in front of me and they were not chances that I decided to just take. They weren't ideas that I ran with, they were the easy choice, the comfortable choice or the particular situation called for it. Luckily, they have all worked out in my favor, but who knows how much else might have worked out in my favor if I had taken a chance?

Music: Shootyz Groove - L-Train