Not living life to the fullest is like...
... going to an amazing restaurant, ordering an amazing meal, paying for it, and leaving without eating it.
... making an Olympic team and sitting out the games because you're afraid you might lose.
... having great friends around for the celebrations and excitement and not letting them in for the bad things.
... being head over heels in love with someone and never telling them.
... knowing everything there is to know and never applying that knowledge.
... having a talent that you hide away at every opportunity.
... seeing what's outside your window without going outside to experience, smell, feel, love what you can only see from inside.
.... living three blocks from the ocean and never watching the sun rise or set over the beach.
... being the richest person on the planet and never giving back to the world.
... knowing how to make another person happy and never doing it.
... spending every weekend baking and never having a flour fight.
... collecting airmiles and never traveling.
I mean, sure, you can live that way. But who benefits? Not the people around you. Not the majority of the world. Certainly not you. I hesitate to say "live life to the fullest" (though I don't hesitate enough not to say it) because everything is subjective - what I see as a great adventure you might see as a complete and utter waste of time. But how about this? "Live life."
If you never stretch out your arm, everything will always be out of reach.
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