{ok, that big long post of mine ended incoherantly, because I was cutting and pasting, and the whole thing didn't make it over, and I didn't notice the mistake until after the "edit" time limit. not that its important, but the last sentence should have read: "...but its not something that they aspired to from a young age." }
Originally Posted By: Corri
and they only way they fought their way OUT of that endless pit of despair was to dream another dream... and go for it.
ha ha! yeah, um...if you can come up with something that would even come close to that, you let me know. I've been trying for 20 years. trust me, there ain't no such animal.
Originally Posted By: Corri
Believe it or not... THAT is the discipline of a pilot.
No, that's the discipline of a "Zen Bhudist", or something like that. GGB described it earlier as the mastery of multiple skills, but I don't recall the ability to "be happy" with whatever plate of sh!t life hands you being on any FAA exam that I ever took.
But anyway...
I think we've kind of gotten off the initial point of this thread, which was something along the lines of "this "thing" that happened to me is the source of all my problems". and I'm not sure I agree that I'm "not happy", etc, etc. Sure, like the t-shirt says, "I'd rather by flying". but that's life. Its not like I'm stuck living in a van, down by the river, anesthetising myself with a gallon of cheap scotch every night. I found another path, I have a career, I'm paying the rent...but to think that I would ever find anything that compares to that...well, that would be a fools errand, imo. Kind of like trying to top "walking on the moon".
