Friday, September 30, 2011

Never ever





Go through life saying "I should have"
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If you want to do something then do it!
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As a life philosophy this concept is powerful.
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If you go through life never daring to do what you want to do.
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Then you miss so much.
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Psychologically you deny yourself the chance to grow.
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To dare to explore.
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To fully engage with life.
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To just do what feels right
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Life is for living, not just for grazing your way through.
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Not just numbly going through doing as you are told by faceless bureaucrats .
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What's the picture?
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The biggest boat rescue in history.
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During 9/11 people went to the bottom of Manhattan to get away from the disaster of the falling towers
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Most panicked, shocked, numb, just trying to get away.
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Their problem?
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No escape, nowhere to go just the water.
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Boats from all over the area converged on the piers to help people get away.
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To take them to safety.
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Over 500,000 people in nine hours.
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All volunteered, none questioned but the need to help their fellow man.
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All dropped whatever they were doing, some ferry operators, others private boat owners, tug boats, coastguard all came to help.
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Quite something, the biggest sea rescue in history.
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Not talked about much, but these people were truly awesome in their readiness to do what felt right
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No "I should have" for them
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They did what felt right.
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Let's remember that at the time no one knew what was going on.
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Whether or not there would be more attacks
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A boat would be pretty vulnerable if that had been the case.
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No "should have" for these people.
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They just did what seemed the right thing to do, acting upon their highest human values.
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Do the same please in your life.
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One day somewhere, sometime your time will come.
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What choice will you make?

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