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Here are my Friday Fives for today before I head off for work.
1. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
Wow. Interesting question. I’d expect a brave answer like fighting off a brigand or saving the damsel, but I’ve not done any of that. The bravest things I’ve ever done seem like they simply involve overcoming my own little blockades. I’ve had to storm my own castle walls… from the inside… and do things that were very scary to me. I’d say that the most daring things I’ve ever done include walking up to that person and telling them how they made me feel… or standing up to the popular kid in school and accepting the resulting ridicule… or breaking through my own personal touch issues to give that very first hug to a stranger… or learning to scuba dive even though I have a fear of drowning and I can’t swim because the experience of being IN the tank was more important to me… or leaving my job and my family, hopping in the moving van to come to the opposite coast where I didn’t know anyone and try to mend my broken heart… or taking the chance and falling in love again after that first heartbreak… or simply getting up out of bed to face the world on a day when the depression is so great that the effort only comes with tears. Those are some of the most daring things I’ve ever done.
2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Actually, I can’t think of a thing. I’ve already done all the things that I would be willing to do that my Mother wouldn’t approve of and all my friends are far more adventurous than I am.
3. On a scale of 1-10, what's your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's a lifestyle)
I’m not much of a risk taker. I don’t even gamble. It must be hovering around 1 or 2.
4. What's the best thing that's ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
I moved to Eugene and found my perfect place to live and my perfectly wonderful friends and my perfectly amazing G.
5. ... and what's the worst?
I’m drawing a blank… breakfast beckons and I am distracted.
1. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
Wow. Interesting question. I’d expect a brave answer like fighting off a brigand or saving the damsel, but I’ve not done any of that. The bravest things I’ve ever done seem like they simply involve overcoming my own little blockades. I’ve had to storm my own castle walls… from the inside… and do things that were very scary to me. I’d say that the most daring things I’ve ever done include walking up to that person and telling them how they made me feel… or standing up to the popular kid in school and accepting the resulting ridicule… or breaking through my own personal touch issues to give that very first hug to a stranger… or learning to scuba dive even though I have a fear of drowning and I can’t swim because the experience of being IN the tank was more important to me… or leaving my job and my family, hopping in the moving van to come to the opposite coast where I didn’t know anyone and try to mend my broken heart… or taking the chance and falling in love again after that first heartbreak… or simply getting up out of bed to face the world on a day when the depression is so great that the effort only comes with tears. Those are some of the most daring things I’ve ever done.
2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Actually, I can’t think of a thing. I’ve already done all the things that I would be willing to do that my Mother wouldn’t approve of and all my friends are far more adventurous than I am.
3. On a scale of 1-10, what's your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's a lifestyle)
I’m not much of a risk taker. I don’t even gamble. It must be hovering around 1 or 2.
4. What's the best thing that's ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
I moved to Eugene and found my perfect place to live and my perfectly wonderful friends and my perfectly amazing G.
5. ... and what's the worst?
I’m drawing a blank… breakfast beckons and I am distracted.
