Waiting for the Apple to Fall

If you want to make a ripple, touch the water.
Some people are impatient. They do not wait for things to happen to them – they make things happen. They take chances. They conquer their inner demons, prepare, not leave things to chance, leap. They cannot be accused of being a victim (or a beneficiary) of circumstance.

Some people sit. They get sedated by their current life situation, woken up every now and then by upsets. And as soon as things settle, they return to their semi-catatonic states, letting life pass them by, not knowing when it was when all life was sucked out of them. They are those who, day in and day out, wonder why things are not happening to them, not knowing that they only need to push the button of life, participate, give, take chances.

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