... the start of a story, a choice to make... this feels, not quite "familiar" but connected to some of the questions we ask our self as a community... we ask "will you set sail?" ... Be the Revolution ask "Which ship will you choose to sail on?"
ht to Makeesha (Swinging from the Vine) for the link
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"...Let me get at this puzzling possibility by starting from the addiction end of Zuckerman's findings (Concerning adrenaline junkies, extreme sports participants). If God created us to crave behaviors that invite addiction, damage, and even death, what important achievements that require the same temprament could He have in mind for us?"
(The Danger Habit, Mike Barrett; p. 29)
If God created us to crave behaviors that invite addiction, damage, and even death, what important achievements that require the same temprament could He have in mind for us?"
Hmmmmmmmmm...maybe St Brendan just had a "danger habit."
Posted by: mike | 10/04/2007 at 16:13
he he... I like that... Brendan the adrenaline junky... may pergrinatio was the extreme sport of the 6th C? The question is an interesting one, adrenaline = a created part of humanity to enable us to live the dangerous life we are called to? endorphins = a God given way of coping with the suffering that goes with it?
Posted by: Mark | 10/04/2007 at 17:34