Live that Life? Or Take the Bench?

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences." -Eleanor Roosevelt

She pretty much sums it up. The meaning of life. It's purpose. What every person strives for. All in one, short sentence.

And you know, we can hope that she's right, because she always tried to live her life to the fullest. That's something we should all try to do.

But everything's easier said than done. Eleanor fails to mention road blocks that are inevitably inevitable. Things like fear and insecurity and consequences prevent us from reaching "out eagerly without fear... for newer...experiences."

But does that mean that we should be wary of reaching for greater experiences and and spend our lives sitting on the sidelines of happiness? Surely that's the safer option. There's no fear in warming the bench. No risks.

But no risks means no rewards. If we never leave our comfort zone, we will never be enriched or feel fulfillment.

Now I know that I try every day to reach for greater experiences, but I rarely succeed. I make a lot of mistakes-more than you could count- but I don't regret any of them. I learned from them, they have made me who I am.

So I guess that Eleanor is right. Taking risks is worth it. We have to "reach out eagerly...for...richer experiences". It will be hard, there's no doubt about that. But it's worth it- at least that's what I think (Apparently, Eleanor thinks it, too. And I hear she was a pretty smart lady).

Maroon Cars

Maroon cars. Please. Explain to me why anyone in the world would want to drive a maroon car. What do you think they say about you? When I see a maroon car, I think that the person driving it is a big old phony. The only reason a person buys a maroon car is because that person secretly wants a red car but is too embarrassed to buy one because they think it will draw too much attention to themselves. Because, really, that's what a maroon car is. A crappy and insecure second to a red car. Why do I say that? The person driving is not confident enough to be driving a red car, because when you drive a red car, let's face it, everyone notices you. See, what's going on in a loser-maroon-car drivers' head is this: if I drive a maroon car, I will have all of the fun of a red car without getting all of the attention of a red car.

To all those people out there, I have only one question.

If you don't want the attention, then why the hell do you want a red car? The mere purpose of driving a red car is to get noticed. You red-car drivers may throw out your excuses, but come on, it all boils down to the same thing: you are attention whores.

But, hey, I'm not criticizing you. My ultimate happiness in life will come from driving a red car. I like the attention; I'm not ashamed of that. It's the people out there who are too afraid of the attention that comes hand in hand with a red car that pisses me off because I'm a strong believer of doing what you want. So. Maroon-car drivers, please do what everyone know you secretly want to do- go drive a red car!

Maroon-car drivers, the question at had is this: WILL YOU JOIN THE RED CAR ARMY OF CHAMPIONS, OR WILL YOU STAY A LOSER SLACKER MAROON CAR DRIVER?

p.s. anybody get the office reference?