Get Up and DO SOMETHING

Forbidden love draws people in, to that I can attest. I have read my fair share of romance novels. When forbidden love ends in tragedy, it leaves people wondering what if. What if the Montagues and the Capulets had found unity before their children commited suicide? What if I found true love before I ended up married to a cheating lying good for nothing? 

But what ifs don't do anything. The only thing that will do anything is action. 

Perhaps this blog post is self serving, as I have been avoiding taking any sort of action on anything, and need some decent motivation not coming from Disney movies or inspirational Doritos commercials. 

So on the question of what if, shall I compare it to the question of time travel and the bendable fabric of space? No that would be tacky. 

I will compare it to nothing. Because sitting on your butt all day questioning every decision you've ever made is a waste of time. 

While Juliet longed for her Romeo she should have gotten up and done something, rather than whining and complaining while getting a manni petty. 

I you want something, get up and DO SOMETHING. 

Yes I'm talking to you, teenage boy playing minecraft with Internet friends you'll  never meet. 

I'm also talking to you, retired third grade teacher with the aptitude for golf. Get up! Go golfing. Don't sit and think about it. 

Thinking about something is not going to make it happen. Action makes things happen. 

Think of this:

 

If I talk to you in ten years and ask if you regret anything, are you going to regret a decision you made today? Maybe you'll regret a decision you didn't make. 

The call you didn't make. 

The secret you didn't share. 

The lie you didn't admit to. 

The guy you didn't say hello to. 

The smile you didn't smile. 

Don't regret anything. But don't be afraid to make mistakes. Our mistakes DO NOT define us. They make us better people. 

So in conclusion, if you want something, get off your butt and do it, and listen to this advice from Thomas Jefferson: