the leap

To those who watch How I Met Your Mother, this is probably going to be already familiar to you guys. For those who don’t, I hope you can learn something from it. Here’s a scene from the fourth season finale which I think is worth to be given some thought; especially for pathetic people like Ted and me.

No I don’t hate Ted, but I decided not to like him either.

Something happened with Ted’s architect business and he starts to whine to all of his friends.

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Ted: This is a disaster!! [pathetically sighs] How am I gonna come back from this..?!

Lily: Okay… [sighs too because of Ted’s being a pathetic whining loser]. I’m just gonna ask this. Do you really wanna come back from this?

Ted: [dahi berkerut-kerut, muka hamper ter-offended] What’s that suppose to mean?

Lily: Architecture is killing you, Ted. And it’s killing us to watch it killing you. You’re like that goat with the washcloth. You want it so bad and every time the world tries to take it away from you, you keep grabbing it. But, you know, it’s just a washcloth. Why do you even want it?

Ted: Because I have to be an architect. That’s the plan.

Lily: AH! Screw the plan. I planned on being a famous artist, Marshall planned on being an environmentalist lawyer, Robin planned on being a TV reporter…[Robin said blablabla]… Barney planned on being a violinist…[something, something]…Look, you can’t design your life like a building. It doesn’t work that way. You just have to live it and it’ll design itself.

Ted: So I should just do nothing?

Lily: No… Listen to what the world is telling you to do…and take the leap.

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I am already 23. Next week, I am practically a teacher. No more regretting over unfulfilled dreams or where-should-i-be’s or professions-i-was-born-to-be’s…I am already 23, I am only 23…

I am taking my leap. I’ll jump into that ocean and learn how to breathe.