To Boldly Go...

To boldly go where no man has gone before...
William Shatner (Star Trek)

I was listening to William Shatner today on an CBC interview. I don't know why but I keep coming back to him. Growing up he was my hero. Kirk... a brave captain who would dare to run into any challenge, meet and deal with any problem that would arise, using his incredibly creative mind that I could only try to emulate. He was caring, strong, sensitive, and unstoppable! Now that I'm much older and getting to know him as a person (OK I don't know him, but I have read his bio's) he seems to show the same traits with his outlook on life as he did in Star Trek. In his interview he talks about the opportunities in his life, how the older he gets his opportunities seem to multiply. Life is short and we really have to make the most of the time we are given. We need to go places that we have never gone before, take some risks (action risks and emotional risks), we need to look for the opportunities that life offers us and be a willing participant... not just a spectator. I believe that William Shatner was right... as we get better at seizing the opportunities that life provides they do multiply and so do the rewards that go along with them. So... make it your five year mission to seek out strange new worlds and boldly go where no man has gone before.