If there's been one thing I've learned from all of my personal disappointments and troubles, it's that life doesn't wait around for you. I was struck today, watching the Lubbock Little Leaguers crash and burn, that for many people, there's not an understanding of how things really are. When I think back on the, literally, hundreds of opportunities I've squandered and bumbled in the last 8-9 years, I'm amazed at how far I've still managed to get, those mistakes aside. I can vividly remember some of the lowest points of my life and points where I didn't have motivation to do or try anything. I remember the threadbare feelings and how seemingly common place life felt, but how difficult it really was in actuality.

I know a good friend and I have talked about this extensively, but the feelings you get when you feel like life is just passing you by are some of the hardest and most stinging you will ever encounter. Not feeling like you've reached your potential or for that matter, really done anything with your life, is incredibly damaging to the human psyche, I believe. But the strange part is, those feelings, are the same ones that handcuff you from really trying to do anything to change it.

What I've learned is that life doesn't wait around for you to get your shit in order and it definitely doesn't care if you aren't comfortable or are timid or scared of stepping out to get somewhere or something. Old Abe Lincoln said: "Most folks are about as happy as they set their minds to be." The truth of that statement is often lost when covered in the trials and tribulations of growing up, growing old, or growing out of your comfort zone.

So I find myself thinking about what it is I really want to do/become/see.

It's cliche´, but I don't want to find myself wondering where I missed the boat or where I could have done something different. There's something exciting about stepping in to things that you've never done before; a fulfillment not often found in common, every-day life. For me, I'm better for it, but I can tell that many people still struggle with the feelings of staleness and that their lives still have a silly, out-dated blinking .gif that saves "under construction."

Thank God, I'm getting passed those days.