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Little moments like that are somehow so relaxing, in a way.
For me, even though I felt confident I could funtion within calm, quick response to a skydiving malfunction, there's still that curiosity b/c I've never been in a life/death experience. Until, once I tried several times to pull my pilot chute and it wouldn't budge. I say several times, but of course that all happened w/in a couple seconds. After the fact, what relaxed me and had me at peace with myself knowing I could function well and with good sense, was that during this time in my head I was thinking very clearly. I had this entire clear-thought-out process of what I would do and was never once worried or scared. In the time I could even explain my thoughts to someone, I'd thought it so clearly w/in a second in my mind. My pilot chute did finally come out the next try and no need for emergency procedures.
I had a similiar car-situation once, too. It was really rainy and I was going up an entrance ramp onto an expressway. I wasn't going fast, but hit "Florida Ice" and my car spun right off the edge (I was almost to the top) and all the way down the grassy hill. It did about a 540-degree spin. It was strange. I was very calm, and basically just drove back up the ramp and got on the expressway.
For me, even though I felt confident I could funtion within calm, quick response to a skydiving malfunction, there's still that curiosity b/c I've never been in a life/death experience. Until, once I tried several times to pull my pilot chute and it wouldn't budge. I say several times, but of course that all happened w/in a couple seconds. After the fact, what relaxed me and had me at peace with myself knowing I could function well and with good sense, was that during this time in my head I was thinking very clearly. I had this entire clear-thought-out process of what I would do and was never once worried or scared. In the time I could even explain my thoughts to someone, I'd thought it so clearly w/in a second in my mind. My pilot chute did finally come out the next try and no need for emergency procedures.
I had a similiar car-situation once, too. It was really rainy and I was going up an entrance ramp onto an expressway. I wasn't going fast, but hit "Florida Ice" and my car spun right off the edge (I was almost to the top) and all the way down the grassy hill. It did about a 540-degree spin. It was strange. I was very calm, and basically just drove back up the ramp and got on the expressway.
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I've seen a lot of dead people, I've had several people die in front of me. THERE IS NOTHING COOL ABOUT DYING. One moment you are a walking talking , thinking human being, and the next you are just a rotting piece of meat. Death is not glamorous. Outside of a few circumstances, the only thing left are the grieving/suffering loved ones.
So, I don't quite get the "I want to be as close as possible to death so...".
Like the T-shirt says, "I take risks not to escape from life but keep life from escaping", is a much more accurate representation of how I feel. If I found that knitting would make me feel as skydiving does, guess who would be selling all his stuff?
Death is inevitable, so I don't associate living with dying. Death will come when it will come.
So, I don't quite get the "I want to be as close as possible to death so...".
Like the T-shirt says, "I take risks not to escape from life but keep life from escaping", is a much more accurate representation of how I feel. If I found that knitting would make me feel as skydiving does, guess who would be selling all his stuff?
Death is inevitable, so I don't associate living with dying. Death will come when it will come.
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QuoteDeath is not glamorous. Outside of a few circumstances, the only thing left are the grieving/suffering loved ones.
I'm quite sure I didn't disagree with this. Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else. I don't have any desire to be:
Quotethe "I want to be as close as possible to death so...".
I don't see why I should focus any energy on worrying about it or being afraid of it, though.
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QuoteI'm quite sure I didn't disagree with this. Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else. I don't have any desire to be:
You just happened to be at the bottom of the thread
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Damn, I prefer on top
No worries, just wanted to clarify
No worries, just wanted to clarify
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I was never scared of death until I had my son 3 years ago. Now I'm scared of death, not because I fear dying itself, but I fear what would happen to my son.
Proximity to death is exciting to all of us, or we wouldn't be jumping out of airplanes every chance we get!
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying
Proximity to death is exciting to all of us, or we wouldn't be jumping out of airplanes every chance we get!
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying
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QuoteProximity to death is exciting to all of us, or we wouldn't be jumping out of airplanes every chance we get!
I disagree. I don't feel any kind of proximity to death from skydiving. I think if I did, I wouldn't be doing it.
It's not that I'm naive and think nothing will happen to me, it's just that I do so many other things daily, like getting in my car, that I feel put my life far more at risk of being taken away, than skydiving--which in my opinion, is fairly safe.
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QuoteProximity to death is exciting to all of us, or we wouldn't be jumping out of airplanes every chance we get!
Yeah, that is what got me to post this. I was curious of the outlook everyone had while being in what can be considered a very dangerous sport...
A man will do anything for the right woman,
and when that woman destroys him,
that man will become a hunk of meat with the common sense of a rodeo clown! ~ Christopher Titus
I've been fortunate to travel and experience a lot of things at 25. But I, too, have so many more things I want to experience in life. But, I just don't worry about not experiencing them. Obviously, I plan for the future, I invest, have a long-term plan for early retirement, etc. That's all banking on my being here for that day. Day-to-day however, I don't focus on being scared I might not be here for those things. And whether or not you believe in something after death, why worry about not accomplishing this or that before you go---I mean, how would you regret it?
As long as you can be satisfied and fullfilled with where you are right now and what you've so far accomplished/experienced, even if there's so much more you want to do, it's being happy enough with your status quo this instant. I can't imagine living a life where I was never able to enjoy what I have this moment.
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