CARPE DIEM - SIEZE THE DAY!
WHY?
Because it is often said the biggest regrets at the end of life are the things we could have done - but did not.
We typically regret our actions over the short term. But over the long term, we are inclined to regret our inactions.
In a research study done by two Cornell University psychologists, they learned that time is a major factor in what we regret.
The study found that in an average week, action regrets were somewhat higher than inaction regrets – 53 per cent to 47 per cent.
But when people think about their lives as a whole, inaction regrets exceed action regrets 84 per cent to 16 per cent.
How certain should you be before you move forwards?
In his book, The Next Generation Leader, Pastor Andy Stanley writes:
‘Generally speaking, you are probably never going to be more than 80 per cent certain. Waiting for greater certainty may cause you to miss an opportunity.’ What are you waiting for? A guarantee that you won’t make mistakes? That you won’t be criticised or experience embarrassment? If so, you will get nowhere'.
DOING OR BEING?
TRAVELLING HOPEFULLY TO A DESTINATION
This phrase is a Robert Louis Stevenson quotation, from Virginibus Puerisque, 1881:
“Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
Stevenson was expressing the same idea as the earlier Taoist saying – “The journey is the reward.”
BECOMING - SEEKING - REACHING POTENTIAL
The alternative to "putting off until tomorrow" is to live without purpose.
To live without purpose is simply to exist.
We are truly blessed if we have a purpose:
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