The tragedy of life

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

There was once a man who walked past a cemetery and remarked to his friend what a terrible place the cemetery was. His friend nodded, "Yes, it's a pity lives were cut short like that."

"No," the first man replied. "Even though it is a pity that the lives were ended, the real pity is that so many of these lives were full of untapped potential. The cemetery is a resting place for the world's untapped potential."

It really is a tragedy, that so many people spend their whole lives either wishing for things to happen or complaining about their lot in life. Instead of actually going out there and making life happen, they are wasting their lives wishing or hoping for life to be lived to its fullest. The secret lies in making life happen by reaching for our goals and living out our dreams.  This will only happen when we get up and use whatever abilities we do have, find the abilities we don't, and live a full life where it seemed impossible to live one.  We only get one shot at life.  So get up!  Cheat the cemetery out of your untapped potential. 

LIVE LIFE!

AAH Director