20somethingteen

todayilived:

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We all need to stop seeing our lives as a mere existence and start living! Take chances, do something that will make you feel embarrassed, step outside of your comfort zone! Annie Dillard once wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” And every word of that rings true. We have to stop waiting for life to happen to us and go out there and seize it with both hands - never let go!

I’m not saying be reckless, or endanger your life or someone else’s - doing things like that is not living. I’m talking about trying new things, and experiencing as much as you can. Too many of us aren’t happy with our lives and yet we fail to see that there is a way to change that. Instead of feeling depressed about our general situation, why do we never make the choice to let it empower us, to feel a deep determination that we will change our circumstances? Why do we choose to let things effect us negatively instead of using our experiences as a chance to grow?

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