Saturday, February 02, 2008

Endless summer














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...........and then there was "On any Sunday"

Both are old movies today


Both classics

Both should be seen as they convey something special.

The one about bikes the other about surfing

And both about friendship

About sharing, helping each other

Experiencing that special rush of adrenaline when facing yourself

When facing danger

There are other films that also capture that special something

People doing their thing for the sheer pleasure, risk, danger and sometimes for a living too

Most people do not do what they truly care about

Let alone for a living

Notice those who do what they truly love get something out of life that others do not

Particularly when they share that special experience with others who do the same activity

The wonder of the perfect wave or storm

The amazing desert on your bike, that sunrise, sunset
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The camaraderie of tiredness after a long day of doing your thing

Something that stays with you for life

Something that shapes your values

Takes you beyond greed and selfishness

Takes you to the edge

The point where you absolutely know yourself

Beyond any doubt or equivocation

You know yourself

Shame really how many never know or experience this


And you?

What are you doing to shape your life?

To take it to another level

To experience those things about yourself that stay with you for life

That can never be taken away

That define your self to yourself

That open the doors of perception about nature

That allow us to be truly part of nature

With respect and humility

Awe even for the wonder of seeing inside ourselves

Seeing our courage and learning how to respect this insight

The peace of mind it brings

The change to our lives

Becoming one with ourselves even if only in this one dimension

Many stay at this level content in the pleasure and satisfaction it brings

Others oh so few will push on to master their minds

So few we never or seldom read or hear about them

They walk amongst us radiating that unusual power

A sereneness

This is what life is truly about for those who have the courage and discipline to keep searching

To travel those paths trodden by the few throughout history, pre history

By those unusual ones seeking the truth

There is no barrier to entry

Only your own fears

What is your life about?

Male or female, black or white, young or old the journey is the same

Think twice before letting your life seep away

Unused, untested, cocooned in the fears of modern man

Take your life to another level

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