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i should offer up at least an attempt of an explanation. over the past few weeks i have been inundated with plans for adventure, stories of legend, and dreams of grandeur. i picked up a copy of Lindbergh, by A. Scott Berg. I finally got around to jumping into it and already careened through his New York to Paris flight in 1927.
im 25. ive been to college. traveled, dreamt, loved, succeeded, and am pursuing the same dream i had when i was 10 years old which i do think is somewhat remarkable. but...
lindbergh crossed the atlantic when he was 25. he hadnt really loved, had certainly traveled, but at 25 he was already thrown into history books alongside names like columbus and magellan. the thing that strikes me as remarkable is not that he was so young, or that he stayed awake and lucid for 33 hours straight (some 63 hours total actually, hey could you sleep the night before something like that? no, you couldnt) that thing that really sets lindbergh (as well as any person that has done something truly groundbreaking and amazing) is that there does not seem to be any hesitation on their part. not only is there a lack of hesitation, but a complete inability to see anything as an obstacle, rather just one more thing to work past. there is not a hint of a day wasted due to laziness or some "well deserved rest and relaxation"
if i could put myself into a vaccuum i would. if i could escape every distraction in the world, both internal and external i would. that means not only escaping the lure of day to day black holes like a relaxing movie, or strumming away on a guitar, but putting aside other dream and other avenues. i spoke about the same thing when i was with the band and i lacked the conviction and discipline to attack that adventure with enough clarity.
things are different this time around. but i still need them to focus in a bit more. the light coming through the magnifying glass is concentrated on the leaves, but they arent smoking just yet.
i want to go further than i think i can. i dont know what that means yet, but i do know that i havent set myself to a challenge that ive questioned. first things first though...
im 25. ive been to college. traveled, dreamt, loved, succeeded, and am pursuing the same dream i had when i was 10 years old which i do think is somewhat remarkable. but...
lindbergh crossed the atlantic when he was 25. he hadnt really loved, had certainly traveled, but at 25 he was already thrown into history books alongside names like columbus and magellan. the thing that strikes me as remarkable is not that he was so young, or that he stayed awake and lucid for 33 hours straight (some 63 hours total actually, hey could you sleep the night before something like that? no, you couldnt) that thing that really sets lindbergh (as well as any person that has done something truly groundbreaking and amazing) is that there does not seem to be any hesitation on their part. not only is there a lack of hesitation, but a complete inability to see anything as an obstacle, rather just one more thing to work past. there is not a hint of a day wasted due to laziness or some "well deserved rest and relaxation"
if i could put myself into a vaccuum i would. if i could escape every distraction in the world, both internal and external i would. that means not only escaping the lure of day to day black holes like a relaxing movie, or strumming away on a guitar, but putting aside other dream and other avenues. i spoke about the same thing when i was with the band and i lacked the conviction and discipline to attack that adventure with enough clarity.
things are different this time around. but i still need them to focus in a bit more. the light coming through the magnifying glass is concentrated on the leaves, but they arent smoking just yet.
i want to go further than i think i can. i dont know what that means yet, but i do know that i havent set myself to a challenge that ive questioned. first things first though...
posted by Chris Porter at 10:21 PM
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