Comments on: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/ Training for my next race, making chocolate, and trying not to mix the two too much. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: vj http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5231 vj Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:36:59 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5231 {{{}}} Jon. Many wise comments above that I will just point to. Yeah, what they said. I'm reminded of the motivational poster that they used to have up at Ford, supposably about bees. I guess bees aren't supposed to be able to fly, but no one has told them that, so they do. Though now as I write this, I wonder what the hell this has to do with anything. Thinking about you all the same. Oh, and on this cheese thing: check out the despair website: <a href="http://www.despair.com/" rel="nofollow">despair.com</a>. I'm so fed up I think I'm gonna get the book. {{{}}} Jon. Many wise comments above that I will just point to. Yeah, what they said. I’m reminded of the motivational poster that they used to have up at Ford, supposably about bees. I guess bees aren’t supposed to be able to fly, but no one has told them that, so they do. Though now as I write this, I wonder what the hell this has to do with anything. Thinking about you all the same.

Oh, and on this cheese thing: check out the despair website: despair.com. I’m so fed up I think I’m gonna get the book.

]]> By: Amy de http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5218 Amy de Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:38:18 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5218 So last year, my school dedicated the year to The Stupid Cheese book. At every faculty meeting, we would pass around a stuffed mouse to the staff mamber who had adapted the best to change. The principal and the assistant principals wore cheese hats to staff meetings to discuss the merits or more apprpriately the the lack there or of "No Children Left Behind (or untested)". Staff members who showed suck up dedication were given wedges of cheese key chains. I have one. I was a amazed that that silly video and book could control our little world. All I could think of is what kind of fable I could regurgitate which would make me some money, so I could retire and get away from the cheese heads. I couldn't help myself, it's my nature. So last year, my school dedicated the year to The Stupid Cheese book. At every faculty meeting, we would pass around a stuffed mouse to the staff mamber who had adapted the best to change. The principal and the assistant principals wore cheese hats to staff meetings to discuss the merits or more apprpriately the the lack there or of “No Children Left Behind (or untested)”. Staff members who showed suck up dedication were given wedges of cheese key chains. I have one.

I was a amazed that that silly video and book could control our little world. All I could think of is what kind of fable I could regurgitate which would make me some money, so I could retire and get away from the cheese heads.

I couldn’t help myself, it’s my nature.

]]> By: david http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5195 david Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:07:31 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5195 Billy (the squid lover) hit it perfectly. Navy Training, sir. So sometimes the best decisions are the ones you do not make; decisions in their own right. The overriding question for me is not, "What team am I on?" but, "Do I like the game?" Billy (the squid lover) hit it perfectly. Navy Training, sir.
So sometimes the best decisions are the ones you do not make; decisions in their own right.
The overriding question for me is not, “What team am I on?” but, “Do I like the game?”

]]> By: jank http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5192 jank Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:46:33 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5192 <em>it first gives an explanation of what the story is about and what the plot is, then it tells the story, and then (incase you are just too damn stupid to figure it out) it tells you what everything in the story represented. </em> "What kind of training?" "NAVY TRAINING, SIR!" Jump, Jon. Think about the bit in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" where flying is just forgetting to hit the ground... it first gives an explanation of what the story is about and what the plot is, then it tells the story, and then (incase you are just too damn stupid to figure it out) it tells you what everything in the story represented.

“What kind of training?”
“NAVY TRAINING, SIR!”

Jump, Jon. Think about the bit in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” where flying is just forgetting to hit the ground…

]]> By: Dawn (aka Pink Lady) http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5191 Dawn (aka Pink Lady) Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:06:19 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5191 Good question and good story. There's a book out there called "Feel the Fear, and Do it Anyway". Nothing wrong with being afraid, but you can't let it control you to the point of not living. Good question and good story. There’s a book out there called “Feel the Fear, and Do it Anyway”. Nothing wrong with being afraid, but you can’t let it control you to the point of not living.

]]> By: Donald http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5186 Donald Sun, 05 Feb 2006 03:51:58 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5186 A little fear is healthy in some regards - for instance, I wish my 2-year-old would have a little more of it when she is walking along a 3-foot-high fence. There are some seasons in life when it's advantageous to be fearless, and some when it's beneficial to be more deliberate. Unfortunately, the proper time varies for everybody, and is never easily identifiable. Glad to complicate things for you. Good luck with the decision. A little fear is healthy in some regards - for instance, I wish my 2-year-old would have a little more of it when she is walking along a 3-foot-high fence.

There are some seasons in life when it’s advantageous to be fearless, and some when it’s beneficial to be more deliberate. Unfortunately, the proper time varies for everybody, and is never easily identifiable.

Glad to complicate things for you. Good luck with the decision.

]]> By: Marisa http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5183 Marisa Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:50:04 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5183 I was given that story in hardback by my dad when I graduated from college. I didn't pay much attention to it, though, maybe I should read it again? Hope everything goes well with your big decision! I was given that story in hardback by my dad when I graduated from college. I didn’t pay much attention to it, though, maybe I should read it again?

Hope everything goes well with your big decision!

]]> By: beth from connecticut http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5182 beth from connecticut Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:32:54 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5182 I know exactly what I would do if I weren't scared or as I like to think of it "practical". I would quit my job and study to become a yoga instructor and possibly open a bakery. BUT I carry my family's health insurance, so feel I can't take those risks. Then I end up hating the republicans for squelching universal healthcare when Clinton tried to pass it through. Great entry, you rock. I know exactly what I would do if I weren’t scared or as I like to think of it “practical”. I would quit my job and study to become a yoga instructor and possibly open a bakery. BUT I carry my family’s health insurance, so feel I can’t take those risks. Then I end up hating the republicans for squelching universal healthcare when Clinton tried to pass it through. Great entry, you rock.

]]> By: tracy http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5180 tracy Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:58:37 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5180 I wonder about "fear" all the time... I try to identify it when it's present and feel it out - is it stopping me, and from what? Recently, a friend told me I'm an overthinker. The fear stuff is a part of that, most definitely. I wonder about “fear” all the time… I try to identify it when it’s present and feel it out - is it stopping me, and from what?

Recently, a friend told me I’m an overthinker. The fear stuff is a part of that, most definitely.

]]> By: Caryn http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5179 Caryn Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:11:39 +0000 http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2006/02/02/what-would-i-do-if-i-werent-afraid/#comment-5179 I recently re-read that book, which my dad gave to me years ago when I was laid off from my job. Despite its corniness, it helped me so much! I was offered a promotion a few days later (which I know sounds great, but things have been up and down at work for me), and because of what I had just read, I handled the whole situation with much more grace and dignity than I may have if I hadn't just read it. And I'm so happy now! Good luck! I recently re-read that book, which my dad gave to me years ago when I was laid off from my job. Despite its corniness, it helped me so much! I was offered a promotion a few days later (which I know sounds great, but things have been up and down at work for me), and because of what I had just read, I handled the whole situation with much more grace and dignity than I may have if I hadn’t just read it. And I’m so happy now! Good luck!

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