YOLO

YOLO- You Only Live Once

This, without doubt, has become one of the most overused phrases of this generation. Ever since Drake first released "The Motto" you can't go anywhere without hearing people use this acronym. Maybe, this is just another excuse people have so that they can feel the right to do anything they want. For example, you're eating a bowl of cereal, but all you have is a fork. YOLO! Or, all that's left is the butt of the bread. YOLO! Or, there's a full bottle of Jack Daniels. YOLO! Or, there's no more parachutes, but you really want to go skydiving. YOLO! Or, you've never jumped out of a moving car before. YOLO! Or, you have a fully loaded gun...okay, okay, okay. This is the annoying, obnoxious, overused YOLO that we are all used to today.

But, maybe, if we all look at the term YOLO in the correct manner we can find that it actually is a  very useful and helpful phrase. How many of you guys see a beautiful girl standing across the way, but are too afraid to go talk to her? And girls, how many of you have done this same thing with guys? How many of us have not gone in for a kiss, because we feared rejection? How many of us have not gone after a dream, for fear of failure? How many of us have not applied to our dream school, for fear of not being accepted? How many of us have quit something that we loved, because it wasn't the 'cool' thing to do? Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of isolation, fear of embarrassment, fear of so many things keep us from achieving what we really, really desire in life. These are the situations that we need to be reminded that we only live once! We have one life, we have one chance, we have one opportunity. 

Sometimes doors may be repetitively opened, but maybe it is only open for a short while. Why should we just sit here and watch as it closes? We should we hesitate? Why should we watch that perfect girl, that perfect guy, that perfect job, that perfect friend, that perfect dream, that perfect opportunity slip right through our fingers? YOLO! You only live once! If you fail, then move on! What is the worst question that you can possibly ask yourself? WHAT IF? And what is the only way to avoid that question 100% of the time? By never letting your fears keep you from trying! If you always go for it, then you will always know what the result would have been! Eliminating 'what if' forever.

Don't let fear of failure, keep you from doing anything. The greatest minds in the world fail time and time again. But the difference is that they don't quit, they don't give up, and they don't let fear stop them! You only live once, you can either spend that life wondering what if, or you can spend that life knowing what if; because you never let fear stop you. 

Quotes:

"You never fail until you stop trying." 

“I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that don’t work”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

-Albert Einstein

"The only thing to fear is fear itself."

-Franklin D Roosevelt

"Don't let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game."

-A Cinderella's Story

"There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened."

-Mary Kay Ash

"You only live once, that's the motto...YOLO"

-Drake