Take your life out of neutral - Part 2

Now, I want you to know that there is a big difference between taking risks and taking foolish chances. The reality however, is that everything in life is risky. According to John Maxwell, if you want to avoid risk, then don’t do any of the following:

1. don’t ride in any vehicle because they cause 20% of all fatal accidents.
2. don’t travel by air, rail or water – 16 percent of all accidents results from these activities.
3. don’t walk in the street-15% of all accidents occur there.
4. even when you stay at home, you are still taking a risk because 17% of all accidents occur at home.

In life, there are no risk free zones or activities. Helen Keller, a blind woman that achieved greatness once asserted that security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than out right exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

People who have put their lives in neutral are experts at giving excuses. A Jew out there. A Jewish’s proverb states that “the lazy person is full of excuses, saying, I can’t go outside because there might be a lion on the road. Yes, I am sure there is a lion out there.

Everyone who is going nowhere and with no plan for moving forward always has a bag-full of reasons to explain why. Giving excuses to explain why one is not doing much in life is a chronic disease and the best way to be free from this disease is never to see reasons strong enough to prevent you from making progress. One other mark of people who have put their lives in neutral is procrastination.

A Jewish proverb says that if you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done. The most important time of your life is now. Procrastination is a robber of destiny. Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Create your own condition.



Please note that as long as your life is in neutral, you end up becoming a spectator in life. It is time for you to attempt something significant. When you die, I wonder what will be written about you. You must live your life in such a way that when you die, people will cry not because they have lost a breadwinner but because they have lost someone who has made maximum impact.

Before I go, let me remind you that the greatest decision is to make a decision not to give up on your dreams.

It is well with you today.

Have a good day!