Although I don't really have a "go-to" quote, I really like this one:
“Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
This one follows along quite closely and I couldn't help but post it because I love it.
How many times have you had an opportunity to follow your dreams or go on a wonderful adventure? Often times I find I am terrified of new experiences because I am too caught up in the past or the future. "I need to pay off my loans so this money should really go to that instead of this.", "We'd be going with those people? Nah I'd rather not go then.", "What if..." Nonsense. These quotes remind me to live in the moment rather than the past or the future.
Living by this standard has made for a lot of great adventures and there will be many, many more! It was Alex and Joe who first introduced me to this kind of thinking. It's kind of funny how this can become a part of who you are.
Burns works for Liberty Security. If he is able to install a certain amount of alarm systems (that means he would have to be within the top 3 techs in the country) he would be able to go on the annual company vacation, all expenses paid for. Oh and he would be able to take his wife (that would be me at that point in time) too. Or he also has the option of taking the money the company would have spent on us and we would stay home and pay off some bills.
When we talked about the trip and how awesome it would be to go, I thought maybe it would be more awesome to pay off my loans. Burns then said, "I thought you were all into this 'living in the moment' thing."
I'm glad he is there to keep me in check of my own philosophy. So I changed my mind and even though it would be incredible to pay off my loans, it would be even better to go on an incredible trip for free and make more memories together. I'll just leave you with one last inspiring quote.
“Entangled in the cancerous discipline of security, I flinged my life beneath the wheels of routine and before I knew it my life was gone. I always wanted to sail the seven seas but I couldn’t afford it. What I really couldn’t afford was not to go.
Which shall it be? Bankruptcy of the pocket or bankruptcy of the soul?”
Ah I can't believe I missed this. I saw that last quote on the live unbound facebook page! LOVED IT! Where is the vacay to? FUN!
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