Carpe Diem

This year started for me with one word... "Yes".
It was my intent to spend this year appreciating and attacking every opportunity that would come my way. And in many ways I have been doing pretty well in that department.
I have become a lot more decisive and conclusive in my life. Moving full-fledged into the directions that I had previously been hesitant to. It's a great feeling when you seize an opportunity and it plays out the same way it did in your mind. The scenarios in our minds are always more imaginable and rapturous than the real world. So when there is even a hint of parallelism, it can be quite euphoric.

The problem is... there will sometimes be mental wonders that you can not live up to. Those events are even harder on your mind when you know that you did not do everything you can to 'seize the day'. To watch an opportunity arise and fade away knowing that you did not approach it the way you wanted to can result in an unmistakable pain.
I have experienced that a couple of times this year.
Even in the midst of my "yes man" attitude, some of my yeses fell through the cracks.

So here I am. Watching lost opportunities. Watching those opportunities being presented with their own opportunities. And watching them say yes.
Why is it that they are able to 'seize the day' when I'm not? Why can they live and lead happy lives in the areas that I'm lacking? Will I ever be able to step up the these areas? Am I destined to fall behind in these parts of my life?
I hope not.
Scratch that... I will not.

I will no longer watch from the sideline as the opposing team scores the winning basket.
Put me in the game coach!
I'm ready to play and it's about that time for me to make my presence known. I will be the most valuable player. As a matter of fact, I will be the only player. Because this is my life, which means that it's my game.

So from now on my motto is "carpe diem". Seize the day. I'm ready to seize. Are you?


Live, love & learn!
-The King