Don't die wondering:

A phrase to live by; something I try my best to do everyday. Why go through your entire life backing down from things you want to do or try until in your final moment of life, you realize it would have been thrilling to have been able to experience all those things you were too scared to? Our society is so afraid of going outside the box, trying new things, going to unknown places. We are terrified of the unfamiliar. With only one life to live, why should we waste it in fear of failing, or how unacceptable it may be to others, or how dangerous it is? However, on the contrary, this needs to be put in perspective of where the line of taking a risk versus just being plain stupid is drawn. I'm not advocating foolishly dangerous or life-threatening things, because I'm not so naïve as to say that we should just do whatever we want as long as it brings about new understanding and experience. It is important to be able to know what is beyond our limit, but we pass up so many golden opportunities for new experiences everyday. In a money-obsessed world, our dreams of becoming rich overshadow our true desires. This leaves us to live a life we don't want, which ends with regrets and realization of the very essence of those three words that we don't take into consideration until it's too late: don't die wondering.