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As you probably know, we're about to move to Hawaii for our 100% Project, where we will be literally living on lava. Wait. Living on LAVA? Isn't that, well . . . stupid? Come along as we explore the ideas of risk, security, and adventure!
Action Points for this episode:
Take a Safe Risk — You know those things you are afraid of, but aren’t really that risky, like saying “hi” to a stranger? Give it a shot! It will get you used to exploring your self-imposed “lines”.
Take a Good Hard Look at a Risk You’re Already Taking — Maybe it’s eating fast food. Maybe it’s one too many drinks a night. What are the risks you are taking right now but not willing to look at? Choose one and research the actual risks, then weigh the benefits you’re getting. Is it worth it?
Consider a BIG Risk — Many of us have dreams or passions we’ve stuffed into small, dark boxes. Time to open a box and take one out! What would happen if you really did go for it?
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4 thoughts on “UYL Episode 29, Living on Lava”
Each time could be the last time. Wow. How true. I’m dealing with great sadness. A very dear friend just passed away. Two months ago she was in church hugging everyone and telling everyone how much she appreciated them just like she had always done. We had been told she was dealing with bone cancer. When we got the news that she was not doing well my daughter said she wanted to see her one last time before it was too late. We planned a time to go and then she told me her husband was on his way home from work and it would not be a good time. Could we go tomorrow? Ok. Her son had told us when we first asked about visiting that she was sleeping most of the time. Next message was that she was unconscious and not responsive. Daughter still wanted to go so we went. We got the message that she was gone as we were on the way so we were the first ones to hug her son and daughter-in-law and share that first wave of loss. Daughter told me as we were on the way that the reason she didn’t feel she could go the previous evening was that her husband had missed being in a head-on collision by six inches and she needed to be with him that evening. We don’t know. Our 92 year old friend is not suffering now!
Another risk that’s been getting a lot of media attention lately is gun safety. Guns are dangerous. But so are cars. And cigarettes. And nobody pays any attention. And cars and cigarettes and dare I say candy bars kill more people than guns. Argh!
You said you would probably be living on lava by the time we heard this episode. Seems like you did some calculations before you took that risk. I feel relatively safe in central Ohio but a tornado took the garage off our house at one point when I was a kid. Another time a spark got into a pile of loose straw in one of Dad’s barns. Bye-bye barn. I still burn trash. I eat candy bars. Maybe I am a risk taker!
Enjoy Hawaii!
Hello Maude! I just saw this (in getting behind, my organization skills have also suffered!) I was saddened to hear about your friend — it is always so sad to see such a bright light, filled with so much gratitude, leave our world. But as you say, she’s not suffering now =) And what a good point about dangerous things. So many we could list! And interesting how we turn a blind eye to some, like those candy bars or fast food that kill so many people.
Love to you!
As a joker on face book said today none of us are getting out of this life alive so why don’t we all try to be a little nicer to each other while we’re here!
I can’t imagine trying to be caught up or organized or accomplishing much of anything when you’ve turned your world upside down and moved halfway around the world so your reply is dated 9-23-19 and I’m reading it 9-22-18 here!
Carry on and you’ll look back soon on the time with no electricity and probably laugh. =)
Love to you!
We were just talking about how we’ll look back at all of this and find great gifts in it (including those laughs!) We’re moving to the other side of the island to take advantage of another situation that we think will be better for our project (and family), and even though we’ll be living in a VERY small space, we’ll have some life-changing things like running water, electricity, and a REFRIGERATOR! We can hardly imagine what it would be like to be able to keep food frozen or cold to preserve it.
Love to you!
Kenton =)
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