It’s a really good feeling when you know what you want, so you can jump into life with both feet. Mostly I think going after what you want involves getting your freak flag out and waving it high. Joy is underrated, my friends. So get the hell out there and find what makes you happy. I don’t care if you have a foot fetish and drool over women’s shoes like rich bitches drool over diamonds, or if it’s that you simply love drinking cervesas on an outdoor patio and laughing your ass off with your best friends.
Like my best buddy Steve says, “The joy is in the discovery.” My own personal freak flag involves a killer hat collection, laughter, an obsession with tattoos, riding my sweet cruiser all over town, and physically parking myself any place where I can drink in sunlight like an iguana in the dessert. And if it rains, I will stand in the rain, reach up and let it come down on me–because my friends, I have kickass hats to keep the rain off my face. It’s all just really superfine.
Maybe I feel this way because it’s finally summer. Or maybe it’s because…
I met a girl. And her name is Juliet.
Couldn’t agree with you more Laney.
I believe that everyone knows what they want but it’s fear that keeps them from “getting your freak flag out”. People fear what others might say but I think I can speak for the rest of us here. The times that we feel at our best and alive is when we just don’t give a fuck. You only get what you want when you tell people what you want. If you don’t express this you will always wonder the big “what if?” Stop wishing and start doing. Yah you might have a life after this one, but that’s no guarantee. So let it all hang out. Be your self, take a risk, run in the rain, take that trip, use a new word, screw up, hike a mountain, sex in the park, cut off your hair, ask her/him out, sing in the shower, hell! sing in public, take that leap of faith, love me, love you, love them, try it, THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE!
Great Article!
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You capture that energy with your words like a photograph. Nice read.