“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Answers are overrated. I could tell you that I want to create a successful enterprise, create a community and create a family. All true, but that would be too easy...
I don't know much, but I do know one or two things for sure. I want to (take a deep breath) share my soul with my loved ones, restore a Porsche 356 speedster, motorcycle through Africa, refuse to accept mediocrity, laugh (a lot), climb Everest, learn yo-yo tricks (with both hands), never forget my p's and q's (please & thank you's), dance the tango in San Telmo, set up a mentorship program for underprivileged kids, play kabbadi in India, swim with killer whales, jump out of a plane (parachute recommended), sing in public without embarrassing myself, prioritize my family and friends over anything else, whistle while eating three water crackers (can you do it?), roller-skate backwards, inspire and be inspired, drive a F1 racing car, never be afraid to tell someone I love them, write a personal check for $1 million to charity, have lots of kids, go to the north pole, fly fish in Iceland, give back more than I take (very important), and, finally, make sure I have someone to share this with.
To share something with you that a close friend shared with me: Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them... Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer... (Rilke)
I will live the questions.
I don't know much, but I do know one or two things for sure. I want to (take a deep breath) share my soul with my loved ones, restore a Porsche 356 speedster, motorcycle through Africa, refuse to accept mediocrity, laugh (a lot), climb Everest, learn yo-yo tricks (with both hands), never forget my p's and q's (please & thank you's), dance the tango in San Telmo, set up a mentorship program for underprivileged kids, play kabbadi in India, swim with killer whales, jump out of a plane (parachute recommended), sing in public without embarrassing myself, prioritize my family and friends over anything else, whistle while eating three water crackers (can you do it?), roller-skate backwards, inspire and be inspired, drive a F1 racing car, never be afraid to tell someone I love them, write a personal check for $1 million to charity, have lots of kids, go to the north pole, fly fish in Iceland, give back more than I take (very important), and, finally, make sure I have someone to share this with.
To share something with you that a close friend shared with me: Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them... Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer... (Rilke)
I will live the questions.
— Cristian van Tienhoven