A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw

A hard lesson to learn in life is to take more chances.

You get to a certain age (old like me) and you’ve been dinged up from a few mistakes and it sure seems easier to just avoid risk altogether.

You’ve developed some personal defense mechanisms to keep the bad stuff away.

But we’ve got to take chances.

To learn and grow.

To love and be loved.

To know what we are truly capable of.

Try something new today. Even if it is something little. Just to get out of your comfort zone.

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – this probably goes without saying, but use wisdom here. Some chances aren’t worth taking. Don’t risk your marriage or your health or your relationship with your kids over something foolish.