The Other Hell...are You Living in It???

Me and a Good friend of mine were riding around in the car having a heart to heart all out slugfest describing why we werent where we wanted to be as far as life plans, academics, relationships etc. me n this brotha -a - mine dnt see eye to eye on much and a lot of the time we disagree just to disagree (well I can only speak for myself) but this brotha dropped some knowledge i had to dump off in hopes someone grasps it better than me and does something with it...Hell Is When God Starts Showing You All The Things You Could Have Done But You Didnt...how profound is that when I heard it my heart sank my mouth was left open and my mind drifted to various scenarios where I played it safe, played it conservative, took minimal risk only to grasp minimal gains...I'm floored right now cuz at 22 I feel like a part of me is in hell and the sad part about it all is that once you start dwelling in this new hell the heat becomes bearable at times and a part of you is lost forever...How bout love for starters by playing it safe you take away the opportunity of someone else really getting to know you bcuz you were just focused on what you were doin and not what they could bring to the table, playing it safe in this regard is quite selfish and leads to missed opportuniies on lessons learned about yourself and others...2. Business and life opportunities are the most obvious to me Look at super sucessful ppl like Trump, Jordan, Gates, etc. These men took Big Risks and ultimately saw Great Rewards...Life is soooo based on reciprocity balance giving and getting karma what have you bottom line is you get in what you put out...and many times what you give may at the time be bigger than you're comfortable with or ready for but you have to be able to do this (im learning), if you want anything of substance, sacrificing the comfortable for a possible transformative experience...Mike Jordan wanted the ball in the final seconds and didnt shy from it and now not only is he known as one of the greatest players of all time but as one of the most clutch performers in sports history "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan " all of this failure is seldom brought to the forefront of any conversation concerning "His Airness" We all know Bill Gates didnt finish the social pinnacle that we know as COLLEGE deciding to put all his marbles in Microsoft...needless to say that though it may have been gutsy at the time...it was a good move, what qualifies a good move. I believe intution is key but there has to be a determination to make it work, a common theme among ppl like this is their level of determination, their drive, their relentless prusuit of their end goals, but most importantly their perspective on failure is different from most people. These ppl get that as my father used to tell me before basketball games "You miss 100% of the shots you dont take" needless to saw I got a rep for being a ball hog but whatever this lesson has to be applied in the type of world we live in today, you cant walk around afraid to miss shots, afraid of the pressure afraid of the bad that comes with expectations, The shot we dont take now could be the hell we wake up to tomorrow. clutch performers in life thrive on the pressure because of two reasons 1. The have prepped for the situation and are ready to execute the hours of preparation and 2. after all that prep they still realize that at the end of the day their are only two outcomes and no one can say that they've experienced only the positives in life "Without Struggle there is no progress" " failure to try is trying for failure" blah blah blah... "You get the point...but you only get it if you take the shot"...