Putting a price on one's hopes and dreams is a hard thing to do, but is sometimes necessary. However, you are young with no commitments and no dependents, so if you are ever going to be in a position to take reasonable risks in your life, now is the time. While the cost of failure might be unacceptable for someone who is bound by commitments and dependents, for you it might be an unpleasant but acceptable risk. Never sacrifice your hopes and dreams too easily.
Hi, you don't know me, but I've seen you at Attleboro Rocky Horror and found you through RKO Army. I'm just getting back into Rocky after a 15 year gap now that I have found out there are shows within 45 minutes of me.
Anyway, when I try to make a big decision I try to think about how things could turn out. In particular, I try to picture how I would feel if I DIDN'T try because I was afraid of what might happen. Which is worse: trying and failing? Or not trying and always wondering "what if?" for the rest of your life?
Where the Edge BeginsroyrossiMay 26 2005, 04:45:52 UTC
If the success of this event is riding on something that YOU will be doing, then by all means go for it! I see no long term risk in going for something that YOU control because at worse you will still come out of the event better for the experience even if you don't hit your highest goals.
If the success of this event is riding on what someone else does and is out of your control, then I'd still go for it but be advised that you can't control the actions or inactions of others.
You can pin some HOPE on others, but your DREAMS should not be pinned on anyone but yourself - which in your case less you forget is a pretty good bet.
I hate when people try and give you advice when they have no idea what you're talking about. It always just sounds so generic and clichéd and meaningless.
My only advice (even though I do know what you're talking about) is, steal someone's underwear and then shave their pubic hair.
We don't have your inside track, but I can assure you none of what we said was meaningless.
I can't speak for the other 2, but it is generic because we all may have sensed a vaugue reaching out by someone that we have a positive feeling for. These were 3 different attempts by 3 different people with a few more years than J. Chris to try to give him something positive of what we know of him at a time that seems like a big point in his life.
I didn't say it is meaningless, I said it sounds meaningless. And this sort of thing happens all the time so I'm well aware of why it's done. Nothing personal, it's just a pet peeve of mine.
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Anyway, when I try to make a big decision I try to think about how things could turn out. In particular, I try to picture how I would feel if I DIDN'T try because I was afraid of what might happen. Which is worse: trying and failing? Or not trying and always wondering "what if?" for the rest of your life?
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If the success of this event is riding on what someone else does and is out of your control, then I'd still go for it but be advised that you can't control the actions or inactions of others.
You can pin some HOPE on others, but your DREAMS should not be pinned on anyone but yourself - which in your case less you forget is a pretty good bet.
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My only advice (even though I do know what you're talking about) is, steal someone's underwear and then shave their pubic hair.
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I can't speak for the other 2, but it is generic because we all may have sensed a vaugue reaching out by someone that we have a positive feeling for. These were 3 different attempts by 3 different people with a few more years than J. Chris to try to give him something positive of what we know of him at a time that seems like a big point in his life.
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