What if a dinosaur tripped you and you landed in a chickens money stash?

What if you stop saying “what if”? I’ve realized that we (because I sometimes do this as well) worry too much about things that we can’t control. Last time I checked we cannot predict the future, especially when others are involved. We can make different choice that may prevent certain situations from occurring but even that is not permanent. Lately friends who are worrying about things that they can’t control have been approaching me. “What if this…what if that,” “I don’t want this or that to happen”. These conversations are driving me crazy!

Due to my laid back mentality, it is very difficult for me to sit and listen to others woes about things that haven’t happened yet. So here’s my opinion on the things that have yet to come…

“I don’t want this to happen again. We’ve been through this before.”

The thing about cycles is that they will keep happening unless something changes. You don’t want it to happen again and yet you haven’t changed any of your actions. You don’t want things to change if you keep going about them the same way. Stop and look at what’s going on, reevaluate it, and go about it a different way.

“What if [insert nonsense here]”

What if it does happen? Are you going to stop living? Is your life going to say, “game over”? No! There’s never just one door. Things happen for a reason and it’s not so you can call me or that other friend you call with all your problems every time and cry until we get “disconnected”. Just kidding >_>. Seriously though life will get better. It’s all about your mentality. If you say today is going to be a shitty day…today will be shitty. There are a million reasons to smile. The best reason is that you woke up today. There are those who didn’t get that opportunity. What if you don’t wake up tomorrow? Are you content with what you have done? Don’t worry about tomorrow or yesterday. Worry about right now. “What if’s” are truly for the dead. I say this because if the only things you worry about are the things you cant control how can you live?

Please don’t rush life. Setting goals is one thing but only doing things that will help get you where you want to be won’t satisfy that emptiness inside you that was supposed to be filled with laughter and the smell of flowers. Stress is natural but not mandatory every minute. Breathe and have fun. I promise you will get where you’re going even if you stop and check out the scenery. Scouts honor.