It's kind of crazy because in life we say there are no do-overs, but yet I harp on the phrase "begin again." So I don't know if that is confusing to people or not — to say no do-overs, but do it again. So I thought I would explore that a little bit here.
You see, you get a shot to do something great. You get
opportunities in life, and you don't wanna miss them because then you start
wondering what could've happened if. There have been times in my life where I
missed opportunities where I could've really done some great things. I might've
been able to push on that Stone Ranger character and make something really
special with it, but I got cold feet — especially because so many people in the
industry were telling me it would never work because of the connotations of
marijuana and all my foul language.
However, because you miss one opportunity, doesn't mean that
you are gonna miss the next one. I think you have to focus on the next one
though, because if you don't, you're gonna be stuck in the past. And being
stuck in the past is definitely not a good thing. Not to be cliché, but there
is a reason why the windshield is huge and the rearview mirror is small.
Yes, we should all try to live our best life. We should all
take care of ourselves and try to be kind to our friends and neighbors. We
should just try to spread a loving feeling throughout the world. And you get
more than one chance to do that. You get every day that you wake up. Every
breath that you take is an opportunity to try again.
And we live in a very cynical world where it's easy to be
pissy and it's easy to be judgmental and it's easy to be angry and it's easy to
be regretful. But at the end of the day, we just must practice gratitude. And I
think every day that I wake up, no matter what's going on in my life, I do have
that feeling of gratitude that I am being given a chance again.
So maybe every day is a do-over. I can try again and I can
do better. I can always start over. I can't fix the past, and by knowing that,
I look towards just being in the present — because if I look to the future too
much, I'm missing what's happening right in front of me.
And that is my philosophical Ted talk for today. Just me
rambling on about this shit — which I do quite well, if I say so myself.
NMF
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