The Many Paths of YOLO
Texting has created a language all to itself, a world of acronyms that, for people of my age, either needs its own form of dictionary or a live-in teen-ager. LOL, LMAO, SMH, all easily energized with a well placed F (If you really mean it!!). One of my favorites is YOLO, You Only LIve Once. I have found myself leaning a little more on this philosophy as I get older, which I suppose is natural. But, I’ve also found it to be more complex than what it seems at face value, allowing for a number of paths, depending on the amount of spontaneity you are willing to risk. The easiest path would be the spur-of-the-moment, devil-may-care, last-second decision that some find satisfying. It's a high risk, high reward scenario that Vegas thrives on. The higher the risk, the higher the reward, with the higher chance of something going sideways. It can produce the huge adrenaline shot that some people ...