Take a chance

I might have won the lottery today. Too bad I didn't buy a ticket.

Life is all about taking chances. If I didn't get out of bed today, I may never have met the man of my dreams, fallen in love, and lived happily ever after.

Or, I would have missed class, and failed the test. Either way, getting out of bed is the first step.
If you don't try, you will definitly not succeed.

Some chances are easier to take then other. They come naturally to us.
Do you ever stop to think about it every time you cross the street, get into a car, fly on a plane? Do you think about the possibility that you might die, that this trip may be your last?
Most people don't. It's as natural as breathing.

When a person walks on a balance beam, there's a big chance that they might fall. But the more practice they have, the less likely it will be. The more chances you take, the easier it becomes.

If you open your heart, and let people in, there's a big chance you will get hurt, and end up regretting it. But there's an equally big chance that you will find love, friendship. That you will gain from it.

With every challange you come to, it's so much easier to shrug your sholdiers, and walk away, instead of approaching it head on, and tackling it. But then where would we be?

Where would we be if Adam didn't take a chance by asking G-d to create Chava? If he stopped to think that she might be a witch, and horrible company, if he knew that eventually she would cause him to sin, and ruin his easy life in heaven, maybe he wouldn't have asked. But then, none of us would be here, there would be no world.

Where would we be if Nachson ben Aminodov didn't walk into the sea, until it split? Perhaps G-d wouldn't have split it, and we would all be dead, or still in Egypt today.

Where would we be if Moshe didn't speak up for us, when we sinned by the golden calf? When G-d wanted to wipe us all out, and start anew, and Moshe defended us.

We wouldn't be here, thats where.

All these people took a chance, a big one. It's not easy to mess with G-d, but they did, for the greater good. And as leaders, it was harder. Everyone was watching them, judging them, following what they did.

Every decision the president makes, he has the responsibility of a whole nation on his hands. When soldiers go out to war, they are taking a chance. Theres a big chance they may never return.
When a mother sends her child off to school, she is taking a big chance letting him out of her sight.

But look at the alternative.

If we never took chances, we'd stay in bed all day, locked in a dark room, living a boring, depressed life. Scared of every noise, and our own shadow. Not a pretty picture.

We only live once. We only get a certain amount of oppertunities, and chances, on this earth.
Every time we go on a ride at the amusement park, theres the chance that it will stop working, and we'll be stuck. But the enjoyment we get from it wins out.

Live on the edge. Be yourself, be crazy, enjoy life. Take chances, embrace change, approach oppertunities with enthusiasm.

Don't let anyone change your mind, or influence your decisions. Don't listen to what everyone tells you, most of them don't know what they're talking about.

In the words of the great poet, Robert Frost, 'two roads diverged in the woods, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that's what made all the difference.'

Jump off the cliff, open your heart, look for good things. Take a chance, and it will take you to good places.