Spontaneity

Well, this is my first blog post - and I guess it should begin with: Hello, my name is Joel. But that can wait till later... Right now I am going to talk about spontaneous decisions.

This summer, like many summers before, I am packing my bags to go off to Scripture Union camps, these are christian run holidays that last about a week, where there is as much karting, BBQing, discussing, rock climbing, music-ing, and general crazy-ing as possible...

But in all these years, the thought that there would come a time when I was too old didn't really compute - until a few days ago when an old leader sent me a message saying; "Hey Joel, we need some helpers for this SU holiday, you interested?"

I said yes, and in a few weeks I'll be off to a week of no sleep.

Which brings us to the subject of this post, spontaneity. Most people, whether they know it or not, want to be more spontaneous. They want their lives to be fun and full of interesting things, like talents, experiences, qualifications, friends. Reluctant people often say things like "Well I won't buy a saxophone, because I might not be very good." but, in this crazy 'life' that we live, failure at saxophone isn't really much of a failure; and the opportunity for success certainly outweighs it.

As a christian, my faith in god means I believe there is a plan for my life; and i try eagerly to follow it by jumping on every opportunity I can, e.g.

Zoe: "We don't have anyone to play god in this sketch, can you do it?"

Me: "ok."

Plus if I fail, it doesn't matter, because I just jump on the next opportunity that floats along and it could be one god sent me...

My point is this, that people are far to afraid of failure, and they often brush fantastic opportunities away because they haven't mulled it over and built it into their carefully structured life. People worthy of admiration are not afraid of failure. The disciples quit their jobs - spontaneously. All great saxophone players once bought a saxophone. Bella Swan randomly moved away from phoenix, and Neo took the red pill...

If you want something interesting to happen in your life you have to do it. Simples.