What would you attempt?

[Nara_lovely]

In a similar topic inspired by 'A question about life' thread...I remember seeing a poster once.

"What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail?"

Fear is a reality we all face at times. I've read many coming-out stories, the questions, the uncertainty, the doubts. It can turn a life upside down and overload the mind. Fear is a powerful emotion, yet so many people delve deep within the self to find that amazing strength that empowers them. The attempt then becomes redundant because there is no failure...you WILL! This covers life...and the multitude of facets and dimensions within a life.

So what would you do? What would choose to achieve?


The deeper question remains....why haven't you done it already?!

[ambi53mm]

So what would you do? What would choose to achieve?
The deeper question remains....why haven't you done it already?!

...I would do those things that I "want" to do instead of those things, due to circumstances beyond my control that I "need" to do. Wants vs needs, the best I can do is to find a balance between the two..In regards to life..I make these choices everyday I win some and loose some and the fat lady has yet to sing.

Ambi :)

[APMountianMan]

"Fear is the mind killer."
Dune

"What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail?"

Sorry, I am not one of those that on my death bed will wish I only had.

:cool:

[onewhocares]

Recently I have decided to change my approach toward life, not to let the things I "wish I had done or want to do" slip through my fingers any longer. There is too much sadness in the world and ultimately to little time to let regrets pass you by.


I guess at the end of the day I want to look into the mirror and love the person I see. Knowing that I did the best for my husband and daughter makes me never regret any decisions I make, even when they are hard. My friends and my family mean the world to me.

Carpe Diem


Belle

[Whippersnap]

Let's see. I spent four tours of duty in Vietnam. Jumped from airplanes and sky dived. Scuba dive. Graduated from college. Wore the badge for over twenty years. Married and raised a family, divorced and remarried (happily now) traveled all over Europe, South America and Asia. Retired and have had two businesses. There is only one more thing I want to do and that is to hunt the Alaskan Brown Bear and I am planning on doing that next year. No, nothing else I really want to do except fish more and hunt more, but most important to me is to spend more time with my wife.

[innaminka]

If I knew I couldn't fail .......

Become an F18 Hornet pilot......... (not failing. Does that also include overcoming Grade A vertigo??)

[Long Duck Dong]

mmmm it took me 3 days to realy say this in myself..... and to be dead true... I would fully explore my sexuality and my sexual desires.....

its been all too easy to say I am bisexual and that I can be with a male or a female... but to look in the mirror and say to myself that I could be with a post op trans, was something I never really admitted to myself before...for fear of admitting that to others and embracing my sexual identity

[bigregory]

Yup thats my greatist thing to do go to Alaska and kill a bear.
Im sure city life takes its toll on ones sanity.
Hunting for food s 1 thing for sport its just wrong.
I try to live off the land as much as i can / now that its spring all the young shoots are coming up (yummy).
If you are truly a man, take on the bear bare handed..
Sorry if i sound pissed but so many ppl. just waste there kill that i get upset
Respect what we have..............

[Nara_lovely]

I guess I will add my 'what would I attempt do...'

Flight of fancy...Travel in space! I enjoy astronomy to the point I find incredible awe in being outside for hours, looking at the stars through my telescope. During times of difficulty, I grag an outdoor lounge chair and just 'be' with the stars as I think over the situation. But to be able to see the stars without atmospheric distortions...

More realistically: Learn to ride a motorbike. When I was 3 years old, was taken to an amusement park. All I wanted was the go on the motorbike ride...but nope...the 'pink elephant' was for girls (ahh grandmother wanted a cute picture). As I got older, I mentioned the motorbike wish, and always allowed myself to be talked out of it. Seeing a friend on a bike hit by a car and killed when teenagers just added to the fear.
Yet that pissed-off little 3 year old is still inside me.

So...am brushing up on the road rules, and concentrating on the motorbike section. Time to tackle the fear! Time to make a wish come true!

[arana]

Yup thats my greatist thing to do go to Alaska and kill a bear.
Im sure city life takes its toll on ones sanity.
Hunting for food s 1 thing for sport its just wrong.
I try to live off the land as much as i can / now that its spring all the young shoots are coming up (yummy).
If you are truly a man, take on the bear bare handed..
Sorry if i sound pissed but so many ppl. just waste there kill that i get upset
Respect what we have..............
I have to agree here as I think killing just for sport is wrong. For food is one thing but just for the fun of killing something is a sad way to get a thrill but to each his own. :2cents:

[eods79]

I would rig the powerball so nobody wins for a month. This way, it would be something like $200-300 million, then I would fix it further so that I'm the sole winner...

[titeabs]

Yup thats my greatist thing to do go to Alaska and kill a bear.
Im sure city life takes its toll on ones sanity.
Hunting for food s 1 thing for sport its just wrong.
I try to live off the land as much as i can / now that its spring all the young shoots are coming up (yummy).
If you are truly a man, take on the bear bare handed..
Sorry if i sound pissed but so many ppl. just waste there kill that i get upset
Respect what we have..............


You have got to be kidding. Instead of answering the post you decide to preach about your beliefs ? What a crock.


:2cents:

[f.bi2]

I had to think about this and the first thing that came to mind was....

get married??????

I didn't realise I had a sub conscious fear of getting married... Hmmmmm

[jedinudist]

start the chain reaction of love that will bring about peace and harmony for the world

Seriously :)

[bigregory]

You have got to be kidding. Instead of answering the post you decide to preach about your beliefs ? What a crock.


:2cents:
You are quite right titeabs i did forget about the original post.
I do think it would have to be a huge bisexual orgy.
Great that there would be no std's or aids to worry about.


Im not a preacher,I just respect Mother nature :cool:

[NWMtnHawk]

"What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail?"

My lifelong love of flying and flight, of space and space exploration dictates that I'd probably make the move to become an astronaut and experience space and "zero g" / weightlessness, . . . see the Earth from orbit. As we sit here in the real world however, working on aircraft as a mechanic is as close as I can probably reasonably expect to come to that. But in and of itself, that (for me) is a fairly remarkable accomplishment considering the life I lived as a younger man.

[wanderingrichard]

1) remove all nuclear and chemical weapons from the arsenals of all countries everywhere and ensure that technology nevr got back out.
2) own a mega yacht that isn't fossil fuel powered and live on it. permanently
3) remove hatred , war, jealousy, vanity and inequality from the face of the earth.
4)overcome my fear of heights, and become a space tourist
5) straighten out the mess between me and my family

[woolleygirl]

start the chain reaction of love that will bring about peace and harmony for the world

Seriously :)


I agree there needs to be more love in the world especially with all the talk of wars and other missallanious(I suck at spelling)things.Also if I knew there was no failure involved I would actually tell my family that I am bi my biggest fear is loosing them. Fear is always my biggest hold up in life I don't want to loose the people I love.

[Sparks]

coming out and not being judged.