Thread by @taylorawelch

To the timid and the fearful:

A day will come when the one thing you will wish for above anything else is the opportunity to go back and do it different.

You will crave, with every fiber of your soul, for the impossible chance to go back & to change things.

You'll dream what it could've been like to be stronger.. what it could've felt like to have courage, to risk something for a worthy cause.

You'll fight off feelings of regret from wasting years of the only life you will ever have while other people went for it.

You will remember ALL the memories, of when you swore you were doing what was "safe" and "prudent" but really you were weak and simply afraid of losing.

In your attempt to never lose you will ensure your greatest loss of all time: having never actually lived...

I am playing all out, both now, tomorrow, and the day after.

When I make decisions that don't turn out well, I still get a 'W' because I learn from it and at least I know that one day, I won't regret not trying.

People used to tell me "once you have kids and real responsibilities you'll get it."

But when I became a father, the drive to play well and to STRUGGLE well got even stronger.

I want to end with my kids thinking "if my dad could do it I can do it," NOT "well dad never did anything but at least we were 'safe'?"

To the timid and the fearful, hopefully this will shake you awake...

If not, save it, write this down, and add it to your memories of opportunities you could've had but wasted.

Get up out of your pretend safety net and SHOOT for something... or at th every least, leave the rest of us the F alone who are actually doing sh*t.

ONWARD & UPWARD.