Why not

My heart was racing faster than a horse can gallop, my blood flowing through my veins faster than the speed of light and in a moment of pure impulse and emotion it just spilled out. Like a volcano spewing lava, there was nothing that could stop those words from leaping out of my mouth. Unlike what my parents always told me I acted before I thought. Scared and afraid of what may result from my actions, I began to sweat all over from my now drenched socks to my messy hair. My eyes darted from side to side worried and afraid of what others might think of me. From a sudden burst of emotion I spoke out and now I was in for it. “What could they possibly be thinking of me now,” I thought. In a moment of pure impulse, all action and no thought I asked “Why not?”

Then I remembered that there are two types of people in this world: the conquerors and the conquered. The conquered travel through life in comfort. They do not take risks, they hit the snooze button in the morning, and they break the promises they made to themselves time after time. I once heard that the one person that lies to us the most is ourselves. We lie when we tell ourselves we are gonna get up early in the morning and instead we hit the snooze button. We lie to ourselves when we tell our very own selves that we are gonna start eating healthy and we choose to eat ice cream for dessert after a great smelling meal. We also lie when say to ourselves that we are gonna start going for runs in the morning and instead we spread out on the couch and watch “The Big Bang Theory.” Conquerors, do not do this. They keep their promises, they take knowledgeable risks, and they rise up earlier than the rooster can call out “Top of the Morning to ya!” These people strive for perfection, no days off, every day is a workday. They find a way to stay hungry and a reason to keep on moving forward. I like to think I am in this slot of people, however, unhealthy I may eat I work to keep those promises to myself and take knowledgeable risks. At this moment, I was doomed. I spoke out against pure laziness and people glanced at me like I was crazy. To be honest, I would have to. I wanted to take a rest just as much as them, but not today. Today could be the day my opportunity finally arrives, the one I have been working for my whole life. If this opportunity were to slip me by, I may never get another shot at it again. In this moment I bore the face of both determination and confusion on why I would just blurt out such a thing. Why not though.