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I
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have often believed
that one does not get many chances in life and when a chance presents itself
you must take it, hold it tight with both hands and never let it go.
Some chances come with
risk and it can, at times, be difficult to calculate whether the chance is
worth the risk. The risk of getting hurt (either emotionally or physically) or
the risk of failure can be reason enough to stay comfortable and watch a chance
pass you by.
I’ve had many regrets
in my life, wasting time, bad decisions, poor choices, horrid haircuts and I've
promised myself that I would no longer allow myself the opportunity for regret
and while the pain of risk may occur I can at least know within myself that I tried.
As every day passes on
this island I am feeling more and more at home and I am finding myself not
wanting to leave. Soon my holiday will be over and I will leave my paradise and
return to the reality of life back in Melbourne and while I love Melbourne I
feel now that I am craving more. It’s interesting that the last two weeks have
caused me to sit back and re-evaluate my entire life and everything I thought I
wanted for myself.
My wise friend asked
me the other day why I write every day and I didn’t really have an answer for
him outside of ‘I like it’. I know now why I write. I write due to an
overwhelming fear of forgetting. I am desperately clinging to everything that I
am experiencing, learning and feeling so that when I eventually return home I
will remember more than just the happy snapshot in the photos, I will remember everything.
I sign off with this;
the chance is always worth the risk,
regardless of outcome. Don’t waste your life wondering what if because life is too short to wonder.
I leave you with the
words of Mihalis Hatziyiannis and a song that has fast become my favourite and
seems fitting.
Xxxxx
Ahh the Greeks, they
know how its done.
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