11-13-2015, 02:41 AM
Gentlemen,
Gun writer and fellow Marine Jeff Cooper once said, "Danger is the spice of life, it is unavoidable in man's greatest adventures". Teddy Roosevelt put it another way, "Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die. And none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life. Both life and death the parts of the same great adventure".
Danger focuses the mind forces out extraneous thoughts as we concentrate on the task at hand. Indeed I think it is risk that makes motorcycling such a great form of meditation. Some men willingly take risks because they know that the most exhilarating summits, those heights never seen or experienced by ordinary men, cannot be experienced without exposing oneself to the lowest of lows or even death when things go wrong. And sometimes they are going to go wrong.
Adrenaline is an addictive substance and all my life I've been drawn to high impact and fairly high risk activities. From aerobatic flying to whitewater kayaking, auto and motorcycle racing to jumping off a bridge in New Zealand 3 months ago. I think that same willingness to take risks lets me to bet my entire net worth buying property and building a new business with no assurance that it won't fail and bankrupt me. D*mn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Chip
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Gun writer and fellow Marine Jeff Cooper once said, "Danger is the spice of life, it is unavoidable in man's greatest adventures". Teddy Roosevelt put it another way, "Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die. And none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life. Both life and death the parts of the same great adventure".
Danger focuses the mind forces out extraneous thoughts as we concentrate on the task at hand. Indeed I think it is risk that makes motorcycling such a great form of meditation. Some men willingly take risks because they know that the most exhilarating summits, those heights never seen or experienced by ordinary men, cannot be experienced without exposing oneself to the lowest of lows or even death when things go wrong. And sometimes they are going to go wrong.
Adrenaline is an addictive substance and all my life I've been drawn to high impact and fairly high risk activities. From aerobatic flying to whitewater kayaking, auto and motorcycle racing to jumping off a bridge in New Zealand 3 months ago. I think that same willingness to take risks lets me to bet my entire net worth buying property and building a new business with no assurance that it won't fail and bankrupt me. D*mn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Chip
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