I never really had a solid philosophy on life. But if there is one thing you should do, its take chances.

There are many different ways to take chances. I mean all of them. There are life risking chances. Such as, taking on the New River, showing off, even when you're not sure you can. I may be wrong here. My best example of this is a quote of my father's, "If you don't do it now, you may never get to again." The last experience I had like this was skiing. I was at the top of my first Black Diamond slope and most people stopped to look at the "death defying" drop near the middle. I said "I may never get another chance to do this" and took at it. I completed the trail without falling.

The second kind of chance I'm talking about is the one we're usually the most scared to take (at least, I am). There is that dream love of yours, he/she is walking down the sidewalk, and you see them and just dream. You want to take that chance and ask them out, but there is something that overpowers your pride and eats away your confidence enough to make you not do it. Then that night, when you're in bed, alone, and you're at your bravest, you realize then you should. You begin to plot your every word, but they never seem to come up.

Is your luck seemingly never changing? Sometimes you just feel like you're stuck in a rut? Well, even if that is true, take the chance you're afraid to. They may be your cure to whats making you feel down. It will help fill you with confidence and remove some of that self doubt that keeps you down and pretty soon, you're feeling a lot better. Just remember that sometimes the key to success doesn’t always fit in your ignition.

Well, the following, is a poem by Robert Frost that was also used in my favorite book, "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. Its a poem about the beuty of nature and the newness of life, the fall of the spring and the aging of your life.

Just remember that nothing you love can last forever. . . Love it while you can. A sunset only lasts a few minutes, but it may be the last one you see. Don't take a free spectical of life for granted.

Remember to take chances and don't leave anything left undone. Do it all. Just keep asking yourself. . . .

How you ever gonna know?

What its like to hold her? How it feels to fly? What its like to live there? If you never take the chance? If you're down here doing what the good lord put you here to do.

Think about the above next time you're thinking about "that chance."

Hope this has helped anyone who reads it. . . .Stay Gold.