Only one Shot!

One life is all we get as a gift for being born in this world. You can make the amount of mistakes you want, or you can avoid them as much as possible, you can live a life of boredom or you can live a life of excitment, etc. Whatever you choose as the right way to live is all you will have as life. I sometimes think how interesting this is and at the same time how risky. I mean, only one shot at life? So everything I am choosing today is really ALL I will experience and live. Wow! I know this is common knowledge from the time we are born, but in thinking about it in this perspective I am now asking myself, what do I want to experience? What do I want my life to be? Which dreams and goals are worth achieving in this one shot I have at life? So many questions...

I am realizing today that when putting things into perspective they are better understood. Thoughts about life have always been in my mind, but had never really thought about it in this way. In looking at it from this angle there is almost a feeling of desperation growing from within, like a cry saying "make it worth it!".

But how do I know that what I am doing is worth (or will be worth) that one shot? I don´t consider that I have a bad life, to be honest I would say somewhere up there a bright star is shinning for me, because even with the ups and downs that were experienced until now, the good still far outweighs the bad. Still, in thinking that there is only ONE life, do I just want it to be good? What if I want it to be amazing? What will my future decisions be now that my perspective about life has deepened?

With so many thoughts running wild in my head, what to do, what not to do, what to try for what not, stay or go, enjoy not enjoy, etc., the one thing I can say for sure is that I want to live my life to the full. Be there mistakes or not, I want to give it my best try at that one shot. Every minute of the day the clock is ticking and those many minutes that we received when we were born are slowly decreasing at each passing day. Now I am asking myself what I am wasting time with, all the pointless drama, problems, concerns, sadness, depression, laziness, gossip, inertia, web, tv, etc. Anything that steals away from living life to the full and making the most of it.

Maybe in the end of it all what will be cherished the most will be the moments shared with the special people that surround us. Doing good and having something to show for yourself is certainly important, but it is now dawning on me that the only thing we really leave behind is our impression on others. What we exchange in experience is what will stay in each of our minds and hearts forever. Could it be that living life to the full is really about making the most out of the time with each person you cross paths with? Now I can understand a little better about this one shot, it´s only one but it´s not supposed to be a lonely one. Would you have a shot with me!? :-)