So now that the holiday's are over and I've managed to avoid an arrest warrant being issued...life is starting to return to a normalized state. It wasn't anything to exciting, but when I was driving home an Ohio cop ticketed me for speeding...those of you know me probably aren't surprised. If I didn't pay my $140 ticket, there would have been an arrest warrant issued for me...so I decided that even if I really didn't want to pay that much money, I didn't want to end up in deeper trouble...although I must say that I think he gave me a break. He told me that he clocked me at 86 when the speed limit was 70, he wrote 84 on my ticket. I'm thinking that 85 and higher would put me in another price bracket and I'd be even poorer...although, I think the state of Ohio likes my money!!
The tally:
Michigan pulled over 2 times -
1) for speeding (warning)
2) for broken headlight (no ticket for that - just get it fixed)
Ohio pulled over twice - tickets both times!
Pennsylvania pulled over twice:
1) ticketed for speeding
2) warning for speeding
I know that I have a speeding habit, but I like to go fast! This is probably why my dad always said no when I talked about driving semi-trucks across the country for my job, or becoming a NASCAR driver.
Sometimes I think that I approach life like I drive...full speed ahead, what's the point in holding back because you only live once. I don't want to have regrets at the end of my life because I didn't pursue my dreams.
One thing I have never understood is when people push back achieving their dreams until they are older, retired and have time...really, I don't know how long I'm going to live, what's going to happen to me, so why not take advantage of the opportunities that I have now.
Living this way can also have it's challenges...I know the things I want to do, but in what order? Do I go hear first? Will that work out? When will I find that place I want to settle down? Will I ever find it? Or will continue to move around? I feel like I'm coming to an intersection in my life...and I need to decide which direction to go, how will I know that it's the right road? Will I regret it later?
I've come to these intersections before and because of the choices I made then, I am where I'm at now. I wouldn't change it but often wonder where I'd be if I choose another path.
The more I think about life what it is, what it means, the more confused I get...and so I wonder if trying to live my life to the fullest is my way of searching for life's answers.
I trusted God would lead me then, and I need to do that again. He's never failed me...although there were some hard times and I was scared I've become a stronger person.
The tally:
Michigan pulled over 2 times -
1) for speeding (warning)
2) for broken headlight (no ticket for that - just get it fixed)
Ohio pulled over twice - tickets both times!
Pennsylvania pulled over twice:
1) ticketed for speeding
2) warning for speeding
I know that I have a speeding habit, but I like to go fast! This is probably why my dad always said no when I talked about driving semi-trucks across the country for my job, or becoming a NASCAR driver.
Sometimes I think that I approach life like I drive...full speed ahead, what's the point in holding back because you only live once. I don't want to have regrets at the end of my life because I didn't pursue my dreams.
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| Is slowing down an option? Is it something that I can afford in my life? |
Living this way can also have it's challenges...I know the things I want to do, but in what order? Do I go hear first? Will that work out? When will I find that place I want to settle down? Will I ever find it? Or will continue to move around? I feel like I'm coming to an intersection in my life...and I need to decide which direction to go, how will I know that it's the right road? Will I regret it later?
I've come to these intersections before and because of the choices I made then, I am where I'm at now. I wouldn't change it but often wonder where I'd be if I choose another path.
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| I'm at the intersection...which way should I turn? Where do I want to go? What do I want to accomplish with my life? If I can't do everything, what is the most import for me to do? What if I regret the choice I made? |
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| Life isn't simple and straight forward...there are intersections, blind corners, and many twists and turns |
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| I have to go to the left or the right...two very different options in very different directions... |
I trusted God would lead me then, and I need to do that again. He's never failed me...although there were some hard times and I was scared I've become a stronger person.
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| I don't know what challenges this road will lead to, but what's the point of looking back once your moving forward... |
