snowboundlava 0 #1 May 2, 2003 Isn't skydiving just the biggest confidence builder??? It is to me. I have only done 3 jumps and already I feel so good about myself. It just amazes me the things were all capable of. I mean, I can fly. That makes me feel so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Yoshi 0 #2 May 2, 2003 I was just speaking of this to a non jumper last night.. kinda funny how once you jump out of a plane how trivial other things seem...:) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CanuckInUSA 0 #3 May 2, 2003 Quote Isn't skydiving just the biggest confidence builder??? It is to me. You got that right. I was a little frustrated with work this morning and I just managed to sneak out at lunch and I got in a hop n' pop before returning to the meat grinder (or was that the salt mines). I'm still frustrated with work, but I got a big smile on my face now because of today's unscheduled jump. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lurch 0 #4 May 2, 2003 Jumping puts everything in its proper perspective. Trivial, most of it. I work 3rd shift and like to dash out to the dz, a 5-mile detour, not bad, on my way to work and catch the sunset load before doing this horrible 12-hour shift fixing things. The coworkers who give a shit can tell how many jumps I got in by how big the grin is. Its a lot harder to get pissed off at those stubborn broken connectoids when 4 hours ago I was hauling ass through a real vanilla sky face lit up like a flare tracking into the sun dodging clouds and canopies. Now tell me office politics matter.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #5 May 2, 2003 QuoteIsn't skydiving just the biggest confidence builder??? Isn't that the truth!!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #6 May 3, 2003 My confidence also soared when I started skydiving. A word of caution though...sometimes people will have a hard time dealing with your new-found confidence and change in personality, especially the ones who used to have some control over you. Just give them some time and they'll either get used to it, or just shake their heads at you and say, "we've given up on trying to figure you out now!"She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites adamjenner 0 #7 May 3, 2003 it builds it...then you get the heebie jeebies...then you jump again to get rid of them and your confidence SOARS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites robskydiv 0 #8 May 3, 2003 Yea Lurch, an then they go" inching along the freeway in their metal coffins..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lurch 0 #9 May 3, 2003 Sad, ain't it? Imagine being stuck down there FULL time. (horrors) Then they see the canopies playing around overhead..."And we show them, the human spirit is still alive..." I think it is a great honor and privilege to BE one of those gyrating neon skygrins. The freedom just annihilates the irrelevant. "Hitting bottom: The ability to let that which does not matter, truly slide." An important lesson Tyler Durden left out though: right before hitting bottom, FLARE!Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites katiebear21 0 #10 May 3, 2003 Good point, Andrea!!! I dealt with a very ugly situation after I started! Some Whuffo's just can't accept it when we decide we're not going to live the rest of our lives with our feet on the ground! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lurch 0 #11 May 3, 2003 When I used to bitch about the neverending bullshit and small stuff in life my dad had this saying... he said "fly above the shit." Meaning pull yourself up, move on, move up, move out, do better. Awhile ago after earning my A and racking up 70 or so jumps and basically completely rewriting my life and perspective and prospects and attitude I showed my dad one of my videos full of aerial maneuvers grinning faces and canopies, I said "You once told me fly above the shit. Is this high enough dad?" He busted up laughing and said hell yes, its high enough. I think I finally succeeded in making him proud. Having the wholehearted support of family members you care about is beyond price.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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Yoshi 0 #2 May 2, 2003 I was just speaking of this to a non jumper last night.. kinda funny how once you jump out of a plane how trivial other things seem...:) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #3 May 2, 2003 Quote Isn't skydiving just the biggest confidence builder??? It is to me. You got that right. I was a little frustrated with work this morning and I just managed to sneak out at lunch and I got in a hop n' pop before returning to the meat grinder (or was that the salt mines). I'm still frustrated with work, but I got a big smile on my face now because of today's unscheduled jump. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #4 May 2, 2003 Jumping puts everything in its proper perspective. Trivial, most of it. I work 3rd shift and like to dash out to the dz, a 5-mile detour, not bad, on my way to work and catch the sunset load before doing this horrible 12-hour shift fixing things. The coworkers who give a shit can tell how many jumps I got in by how big the grin is. Its a lot harder to get pissed off at those stubborn broken connectoids when 4 hours ago I was hauling ass through a real vanilla sky face lit up like a flare tracking into the sun dodging clouds and canopies. Now tell me office politics matter.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #5 May 2, 2003 QuoteIsn't skydiving just the biggest confidence builder??? Isn't that the truth!!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 May 3, 2003 My confidence also soared when I started skydiving. A word of caution though...sometimes people will have a hard time dealing with your new-found confidence and change in personality, especially the ones who used to have some control over you. Just give them some time and they'll either get used to it, or just shake their heads at you and say, "we've given up on trying to figure you out now!"She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #7 May 3, 2003 it builds it...then you get the heebie jeebies...then you jump again to get rid of them and your confidence SOARS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #8 May 3, 2003 Yea Lurch, an then they go" inching along the freeway in their metal coffins..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #9 May 3, 2003 Sad, ain't it? Imagine being stuck down there FULL time. (horrors) Then they see the canopies playing around overhead..."And we show them, the human spirit is still alive..." I think it is a great honor and privilege to BE one of those gyrating neon skygrins. The freedom just annihilates the irrelevant. "Hitting bottom: The ability to let that which does not matter, truly slide." An important lesson Tyler Durden left out though: right before hitting bottom, FLARE!Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #10 May 3, 2003 Good point, Andrea!!! I dealt with a very ugly situation after I started! Some Whuffo's just can't accept it when we decide we're not going to live the rest of our lives with our feet on the ground! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #11 May 3, 2003 When I used to bitch about the neverending bullshit and small stuff in life my dad had this saying... he said "fly above the shit." Meaning pull yourself up, move on, move up, move out, do better. Awhile ago after earning my A and racking up 70 or so jumps and basically completely rewriting my life and perspective and prospects and attitude I showed my dad one of my videos full of aerial maneuvers grinning faces and canopies, I said "You once told me fly above the shit. Is this high enough dad?" He busted up laughing and said hell yes, its high enough. I think I finally succeeded in making him proud. Having the wholehearted support of family members you care about is beyond price.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
