“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.”

~ Cadet Maxim

Since graduation, I’ve been searching for the right road towards my adult life. I’ve spent hours watching the stars thinking about my future and where it will lead me. How will I get there? Where is there? What if I make a wrong decision? Dozens of questions occupy my daily thoughts. But one thing life has taught me is to always follow my dreams and never settle for anything less than that.

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I always listen to my instincts. They have led me to amazing, incredible places. My inner thoughts have shown me a world I don’t know I would have ever found if I didn’t listen to them. Now, life seems a lot more challenging. I’m on my own, and if I mess up it’s me to blame. But, taking risks is what life is all about. Life is about the adventure of finding yourself and the road you are meant to be on.

I’m following my dreams…all of them and you should, too. No matter how scared you are to take that leap; jump.  If you chase your dreams and it doesn’t work out the way you planned well, at least you know you tried. You can live knowing that you did everything you set your heart out to do. And if you “fail”, you still gained an experience you will learn and grow from.

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”

~ Billy Wilder

The most successful people in this world have gotten to where they are now by taking risks. At one time in their lives, they were at the same stepping stones we are taking right now. They were afraid of losing it all, but they kept their dreams in sight and went for them. They fought for what mattered to them and they didn’t settle.

That’s what we need to do.  If your heart is telling you to go somewhere and your dreams are in reach, take that chance and become the person you dream of becoming. We only have one life to live. Don’t waste it wishing you took that leap. Go wherever your dreams may lead you. You will be glad you did.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

~ Mark Twain