Taking Chances

“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.”

- Wayne Gretzky

From the ordering take-out, to choosing a baby name, we have all come to a point in our lives when we have been faced with a choice. I have seen too many people always choosing the same thing, the same methods, the same path they travel every time. It pains me to see so few people who are willing to try new things.

One of these things is “the usual”. When I go out to eat or see a character on TV and they ask for “the usual”, it bothers me probably more than it should. If someone has the same thing in the same place so...