Take chances with people. If you want to get closer to them, make sure they know you want to spend time with them. Go to have coffee with them, text them first, make them feel loved, tell them little things that you love about them. Most people find it hard to make the first move, both in friendships and romantic relationships, so a lot of potential relationships never happen. Life is too short. So go for it, because more often than not it can make life brighter and softer and happier.
🎶 "I don't remember life before she came into the picture, brought the beauty I was missing with her.... Showed me colors I ain't never seen, she took chances with every wall I built she saw a canvas... I thank God every day for how he made her, my life was black and white but she's the painter" -Cody Johnson 'The Painter'
Just go face your fears, take *calculated* risks, and pursue your big dreams! Even if it means risking failure (it’s never really failure…), as the LESSONS and EXPERIENCES gained from trying are often waaaaay more meaningful and fulfilling than the pain of regret. You got this, fellow Entrepreneur.
I used to babysit a kid who was having a really hard time with The Rules -relatable. He had a rough past and a lot of energy and ADHD. but he was slowly gaining confidence in a loving and supportive (queer) home.
We went to the aquarium and he was trying to go into an employee only door. and it's my job to redirect, so I started to, when a scientist who worked at the museum emerged.
Most grown ups, when they see a kid trying to investigate something like an employees only door, would want to keep the kid away, even be unkind and/or annoyed. Many would see this kid as "misbehaving"
but this guy was a scientist, a science educator, working in a museum. And he saw - a young scientist. A curious kid investigating and testing his environment. He saw, with appreciation and admiration, a kid brimming with curiosity about the world and determination.
And he rewarded and encouraged that curiosity.
He opened the door and gave me and the kid a personal tour of this employee-only, research facility within the aquarium. The kid got to explore and ask questions in this place most people never got to see.
That scientist taught us both something important that day. I will always remember and appreciate it, and Im sure so will that kid (who has moved to another state and seems to be thriving). I made sure to reinforce the lesson and tell the kid that what happened was special- most people don't get a personal tour behind the scenes at the aquarium, he got to do that because he was curious and exploring, just being himself.
Nothing lasts forever, so live it up, drink it down, laugh it off, avoid the drama, take chances and never have regrets, because at one point, everything you did was exactly what you wanted.
I was going through some old folders and found this text file with some thoughts. This was one that stood out for me so I decided to make a 'lil something for it.