The first time I went skiing, I went down a black diamond...because I'm a man...and bounced off an old couple, flew over a jump, landing on one ski (with the other pointing sideways and almost over my head) and plowed right into the ski patrol dude.

That was not a "happy to see you" look on his face.


Then there's the time the handlebars came off my bike while going down a huge hill!


And later in life...I was trying to change a lightbulb, while standing on a rocking chair, and started to slip. Instinct took over and I reached out...and stuck my finger into the socket.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.