The other day I came across this great saying about the 3 C's in life.
"You must make a choice, to take a chance or your life will never change."
We are faced with choices everyday, from what you chose to wear, eat and the like. But there are many life choices that we have faced and will continue to face as we move along life's path.
Early on we chose whether to go on to higher education or not, what course of study, which leads to what career choices we make. Personally you make choices on whom to date, marry, to have kids, where to live, etc.
Some people continually take the beaten path, others will take the road less traveled. Some people plan their life, and then steadfastly follow that route; some just wait for life to happen to them; whilst others like to take off-ramps every once in a while, to see if the grass is truly greener on the other-side. Sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't.
Yet which of the choices will lead to chances to change your life for the better? Ah, there's the rub. Because you never know.
I believe that all of us, if we were going to put ourselves on the "risk" graph, would probably say we took more chances when we were younger. There was relatively little to risk at that point. If we made a "mistake" then we felt that there was still loads of time to recover. Each decade of life gets most a little more entrenched in how things are, and not necessarily a view to how things could be.
People who know me, know I like change. Which is why I am continuously re-evaluating the choices I've made and whether these choices are still providing me with challenge and fulfillment which I seek in my life. I do this consciously, because it is too easy to get caught up with how things are and not considering what they could be.
You are not the same person you were 20 some years ago. Which is what brings me to "lather, rinse, repeat." Are you just coasting? Are you happy and fulfilled in the work that you do? Are you in a relationship, that is still filled with passion, joy and laughter after all those years? What else in your life are you just accepting, and not realizing that choices exist.
I find it humorous when I hear folk talk about someone's "mid-life crisis." From my perspective it isn't a crisis at all. It is most assuredly a re-evaluation of what works, and what doesn't and making that conscious choice to make a change. The person usually believes that the life that they have created after a period of time is no longer working. They take a chance and they make a change.
I think it is important to continually re-evaluate your circumstances. Think about all the choices you have in your life -- the important ones. Consider if you changed this or that is there a strong possibility that you would be re-energized and dare I say, happier and more fulfilled?
If so, why haven't you acted on it? Probably fear, because fear of change, even positive change, can paralyze us. With each change, there perhaps is a "storm" period, but often after a storm a beautiful rainbow appears.
As far as we know we only get one shot at life. And with the way medical science is advancing we may live well into our 90's.
So the biggest risk in life is not to take one, and live a life unfulfilled.
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