Leap and the net will appear
I’ve heard and seen this quote several times in a variety of settings. When I do hear it, I imagine myself staring down at the ant-like people on the ground while standing on a high ledge. I’m nervous, sweaty, anxious, scared, and trying to brace for the inevitable impact when I hit the ground.
If someone told me to “leap and the net will appear,” I’d probably tell him or her to get lost, but probably using much more profane language than that.
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What if everything is exactly the way that we imagine it to be? For better or worse?
In TV newsrooms across the country in all 210 markets, there are the same types of employees. It’s as though the stations are staffed by Central Casting. There’s the quiet editor who barely says a word to anyone, an overly flirtatious producer, and the reporter who runs around in a panic about every story like he or she is covering the shooting of John F. Kennedy rather than the annual story about chilly weather meaning it’s time to cover your plants, bring in the pets from the outside, and wrap your home’s pipes.
There’s also the curmudgeonly aka bitter photographer. I’ve known a few. One would lean back in a chair in the newsroom every time managers from the corporate office were in town.
“We’re gonna be sold.”
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We all think we’re missing out on something that we think everyone else has.
The new college grad envies the person with the 9-to-5 job. The 50 something would love to be the fresh-faced 21-year-old with a whole potential career ahead and the freedom to do nearly anything.
When we’re married and saddled with a mortgage and either kids or pets, we think our single sister or brother is having a wild time out on the town with parties and no-strings-attached lovin’.
Birthdays often remind us of things we think we are missing in our lives
But more often lately, I see those without a wedding ring or children pine over those things.
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What kind of an adventure would you like to embark on?
Would you want one where all the options are chosen in advance?
Would you want an adventure where all the risks have been thoroughly assessed?
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A good friend broke up with his girlfriend this past week after months of living with an uneasy feeling in his stomach. His girlfriend loved him, he moved from his hometown to be with her in a large city, and he basically started over with her being the centerpiece in his new life.
My friend isn’t the type who works his 9 to 5 job, comes home, watches an episode of House, gets ready for bed, and then sleeps his way to another day in the grind. He lived a life with a band for ten years. He played shows, drank, partied, and took home woman after woman night after night.
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