'Carpe Diem'

Life is not a dress rehearsal, you only get one shot and I believe in making the most of it. I love life, I moan a lot but generally, if i'm moaning i'm happy. It's an old army saying that if the troops are moaning then they are happy, it's when it goes quiet that you should worry. It's very true with me too. If I am dead quiet then beware, normally I talk the hind legs of donkeys so stand by if you find me moping in silence!!! It's the quiet one's you've got to watch.

My mind set changed a few years ago when a friend of mine was murdered aged 24. He was one of life's good guys and was stolen by life's bad guys. They are probably all out of prison now and cracking on with their lives, there is no justice in that. I was sitting in the church and looked around to see 60 or 70 tough, rugged, soldiers crying unashamedly. I was one of them. It was at that point I vowed to myself I would not let any parts of life slip me by. I had already wasted the best part of a year of my life in the 'Glasshouse' and that's when 'Carpe Diem' sprang to mind. It's definitely better to regret something you did, rather than regretting not doing something. Sure, I have done some crazy shit but if I die tomorrow I know I will have been true to my beliefs and lived to the maximum. I am definitely a risk taker and this amazes some people, it's makes perfect sense to me though, what have I got to lose. 

I am a firm believer in trying to live a healthy lifestyle, I train pretty much everyday of the week and try to watch what I eat, not to the point where I have to count every calorie though. This doesn't stop me going out on a weekend and filling myself up with alcohol. I have had phases of sobriety and quite frankly it's boring. You hear of these folk who have been T- Total all their lives, train every day, count every calorie then drop down dead at the age of 30. Then you have your chain smoking, liver bashing alcoholic who lives to a ripe old age. Who had more fun?!!! Obviously there has to be a balance but I am all for the work hard, play harder mantra. Would love to stay and write more but I have some living to do!!!