You don't have to do anything

Here's a truth I've realized: You don't have to do anything except live with the consequences of your actions.

You don't have to work, or play, or learnthis or that, or be successful, or do anything at all with your life. You don't! But you do have to life with whatever you've chosen. If you've chosen to read, you won't ice skate. If you chose the beach, you don't have the mountains.

It doesn't matter what you choose. Choose anything you want! They are all good.

Here's another "have to" I heard somewhere that I really like:

There are only two things you have to do: 1) Die. 2) Live until then.

I find these words cut to the heart of the matter.