When You Only Have One Shot

Allow me to tell you the story of a girl who for all her pathetic life, chose to live like as if she doesn’t exist. She has always been another flower on the wall, you won’t feel her presence as well as notice her absence. She was never happy, to her, happiness is just an idea, just a figment of every person’s imagination, unattainable, unachievable. Negativity fills her forsaken soul, slowly creeping through her aura, thus people think of her as an untouchable snob.

                And then, the poor girl fell in love. She fell so deep that she was so consumed with the thoughts of this guy who at the very moment doesn’t even know her name. She refused to be noticed, she refused to get into the tangled up situation. She never even tried to go up to him, approach him in any way, whether in person or through text via smartphone. One day, this guy took notice of her, and sent her an email. They had a casual conversation. But the girl gradually pushed him away. She did not realize that fate concocted the moment for her life to have a complete and a dramatic one hundred eighty degree turn, but she chose to turn her back on that possibility.

                Without the girl even knowing about it, the guy was ruined by the very thought that she pushed him away. The girl hasn’t realized that she blew her only chance to be with the person she truly loves. If you don’t want your life to be another sad story, here’s what you can do.

EMBRACE THE MOMENT

                Not everyone is blessed to be given a one in a million chance of a lifetime. It’s not everyday that you experience that, so embrace the moment. Take it as if it’s your last. Realize that the chance is being served in front of you in a silver platter. Everything is in place, all you have to do is take an extra effort to reach for it and grab it.

DON’T BE AFRAID TO COMMIT MISTAKES

                Nobody’s perfect. If you are afraid that people will laugh at you because you may be committing some kind of a mistake, then let them be. Haters will go hating. We can’t change that, people will talk about you no matter if you do the wrong thing or the right thing. Don’t let that fact shake you. Don’t be afraid to be disappointed. Without disappointments, life is as blank as a tabula rasa.

BE A GOOD SPORT

                Having the luxury to be given an extraordinary chance will not guarantee you victory in the end. Recognize that your chances will still be based on how you execute your strategy to get what you really want. It’s like saving up for the latest gadget that you’ve been dreaming of having, and then your trusted online mobile store puts the item on sale, you order for it, but stocks will not allow you to have it.

                At the end of the day, even if you won’t stand victorious, there is a valuable lesson imprinted in your heart. And that is, never let a chance pass.