[at-l] Quotes on Risk & Daring

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

My three personal favs:

1. Don't lie on your Death Bed with any regrets.
2. Don't wallow in any cwap.
3. Don't sweat the little things.

Dawg

Ps. Do you know how hard it is to be at work and not be able to post?
Arghhhhhhhhh.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Koontz" <atinca@mindspring.com>
To: <jan12@mindspring.com>
Cc: "at-l" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: [at-l] Quotes on Risk & Daring


> I am sending you two (older - like mid-90's) Nike print ads.  I can't tell
> you how inspirational these have been to me - as a result, I took up
hiking
> and even went caving (despite being somewhat claustrophobic).  I'm sure my
> e-mail program will mangle the formatting.  If you 'd like them on a Word
> attachment, just let me know.
>
>
> DO NOT LOOK FOR ANSWERS
>     TO THE WRONG QUESTIONS.
> Will you eventually be asked how big your office was
>   or how much money you made?
>           You may.
> But tell your inquisitors you swam under a waterfall
>              and climbed a 200-foot cedar.
>                   Tell them how to run a Class V rapid.
> Tell them the answer is El Capitan then ask them
>    what the question is.
>         Be selfish about this.
> Let that body of yours feel its way up a rock face
>              and find its balance
>    on the slippery stones in a creek.
> When you reach the top or get to the other side,
>            look back.
>    See what you've put behind you.
>         Now,
>    only one question
>  deserves an immediate
>            answer.
>
>  What else is there?
>
>    Just do it.
>
>
> DO NOT RESIST CHANCES.
> Take them like vitamins.
>    Let go of the brakes.
>  See what happens if  you go five more miles.
> Footbridges be damned,
>   find your own way across.
> Don't worry about the bumps and bruises.
>  Your body can take them.
> Don't steer around the bits that scare you.
>   Go over them.  Go through them.
> Do something the guys in the bowling league
>  would be terrified of.
>   You will feel your chin rise up from your chest.
> And you'll be able to see what's around you.
>     What's ahead of you.
> And there will be one less thing
>     you cannot do.
>
>    Just do it.
>
>
> Tootles,
> inca
>
> PS (Just for fun :-)  "It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad
> girls never have the time". (Tallulah Bankhead)
>
>
>
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