I stumbled across this old screenshot from my iPad 1. Time: 12:12. Date: 12/12/12. Battery: 12%. The Perfect Alignment.

Today is 12/12/25. Looking back at this moment 13 years later, I realized something important.

Capturing this alignment was pure chance, but taking the screenshot was a choice. Life is exactly like that. Opportunities often appear by coincidence, but it is how you make use of them that matters.

When you look back, there are only two outcomes: If you didn’t take the chance, you’re left with regret—and that inaction is on you. But if you did take the chance? It doesn’t matter if you won or lost.

The fact that you made the attempt and kept going… that is the win.

Don’t wait for a full battery or the perfect moment. Just slide to unlock and go for it.