Text 328, 94 rader
Skriven 2006-05-09 15:42:04 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
    Kommentar till text 324 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
Ärende: What's in...  4B.
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Hi again, James!  This is a continuation of my previous message to you:

AH>  Such activities are also a process of discovery, and
AH>  a creative process because you know you'll be called
AH>  upon to add some personal touches eventually....  :-)

JB>  Wish I was so perfect. <L>


          Perfect?  Nah.  We're human... by definition, none of us is perfect.
But it seems to me you've found a balance there which works for you... [grin].



JB>  I'd think - well, I would *like* to think - the
JB>  majority of us humans find a comfortable niche
JB>  to hang our hat on, but knowing what we are, and
JB>  being able to step out of that comfort zone would
JB>  be a trick.


          Yes.  Most people seem to find a comfortable niche... and there they
remain until the universe slaps them upside the head with a need to change.  I
suspect those of us who don't quite "fit in" may have some advantages over the
long haul, though.  We tend to figure out who we really are a lot sooner.  ;-)



JB>  Like you mentioned the sensation of buckling into
JB>  a kayak was out of your comfort zone, yet in it
JB>  you went.


          Yup....  :-)



JB>  Yes, you had enough of a support system in place,
JB>  but you had the ability to say no.


          Agreed on both counts.  Another thing which made quite an impression
on me, however, was that nobody cared whether I was a klutz... cf. the kids in
school who picked me last because I couldn't put the ball over the net.  These
people accept others as they are, because we all share a common interest.  :-)



JB>  You also knew how much Nora got a kick out of it,
JB>  and she wasn't about to give you fibs about her
JB>  new-found excitement.


          Right.  Dallas caught her grinning from ear to ear on her first time
out in a borrowed kayak with the appropriate adaptive equipment.  Since he was
using a telephoto lens she didn't realize we'd noticed that.  But Nora made no
attempt to persuade Dallas & me to join in because she didn't need to.  We saw
how much fun she was having & decided we'd like to try the same thing....  :-)



JB>  The skinny is, a whole tub of tools went for one price,
JB>  and that one tool was just a part of the poundage.


          As I suspected.  I don't have a problem with that....  :-)



JB>  Maybe I get a kick out of being more than ordinary,


          If you're a divergent thinker, you might as well enjoy it... [grin].



JB>  but the fact is, I have two of these tubs worth of
JB>  tools to either salvage for my own use, or ready for
JB>  sale to a pawn brokerage. Yes, there are benefits to
JB>  me, in the tools that I now don't have to shop for,
JB>  the renumeration when I sell some, but the problem
JB>  solving is as large a gain as anything. I didn't go
JB>  out that day to buy a jack-hammer, but flexability
                                            |flexibility
JB>  is part of the fun in good auctioning.


          Yes, yes, and yes.  Okay, I'm weird!  But I can relate... [chuckle].




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