We'll regret the things we didn't do more than the stupid things we did

So many people tell me what I am, what I could be, and what I should do. So many people tell me to fall in love, get married, and have 11 babies before the age of 23. So many people telling me I'll go on a mission. Telling me we'll get back together. Telling me he's a jerk. Telling me I should try out. Telling me what music to listen to. Telling me what what I can do, what I can't do. So many people talking, my voice is getting drowned out by the crowd.

So if you were wondering.

Here's what I want.

• I want to laugh hard every day.
• I want to travel the world
• I want to fall in love
• I want to be patient
• I want to smile 99% of the time
• I want to look back and be proud of what I've done in life
• I want to write it all down
• I want to turn my flaws into my best characteristics
• I want to forget about everyone who leaves me
• I want to see the world like a newborn does
• I want to break the rules
• I want to scream and have everyone hear me
• I want to dance and not doubt myself
• I want to perform
• I want to live my life like a novel
• I want to change people
• I want to never pretend the world is something it isn't
• I want to wake up every morning grinning
• I want to feel beautiful
• I want to know I'm worth it
• I want to let go
• I want to go crazy
• I want to be liked for myself, not in spite of myself
• I want to grow old with you
• I want to act like I'm young
• I want to play pretend
• I want to imagine the impossible
• I want to know I tried my absolute hardest.
• I want to do it my way

And that's all I need to succeed. So next time someone asks me what I want to do with my life, I'm going to tell them that I don't know what I'll be or who I'll be with, but I do know that I will always live freely. I will always smile when I feel like frowning, and I will always love with no hesitation. I'll die knowing that I was all I could be in life, and that's completely fine with me.

A story doesn't start with the end. And the protagonist never gets the to the ending, happy or sad, without going through the entire novel first.

But, life is not a book, and certainly not one that starts with the end.

We cannot control those around us. We can't control what the future will bring. We only have control over now.

Will you smile or frown?

Will you dance or sit in the chairs on the side?

Will you eat the pie or eat the celery stick?

Will you laugh loud or snicker quietly?

Will you kiss him, or always wish you had?

Will you give the homeless man a dollar or walk by?

Will you read a good book or watch reality tv?

Will you scream or keep it inside?

Will you act on your impulses or constantly plan?

Will you explore or stay inside?

And when that opportunity comes, will you take it, or question yourself?

There is no man with a typewriter, deciding what you say next or choosing who comes into your life. You are writing your own story, with every word you speak and ever chance you take. Life doesn't come with a story board, so take your freedom and make something out of it.

Never say "I can't", because, darling, success isn't what the world tells us it is. It's writing your own definiton.

Success- noun.1. smiling even when you're sad. 2. having someone you can count on. 3. knowing that who you are is an ever-changing thing, and that every day you are becoming yourself.

limits mean nothing.