After a particularly hard day at the hospital, I sat on the bed of the callroom and i guess it was a lethal combination of six shots of espresso (starbucks thank you), i thought about life and death, and how i had a list of things i wanted to do before i leave planet earth. The happiest dying patients I have, are the people who were crazy enough to go after their dreams. I decided i will be that crazy.
It was around this time that i also realized that i still had a few things i wanted to do. Since i realized that one of the top things was to see him smile, and i may never have the chance to do that, I crossed that one off my list and moved on to safer things, like say, skydiving.
Skydiving.
I decided that night, heck, why not. So i googled it up and searched for the nearest one. There was one sixteen miles from where i live. I then decided right there and then that I will do it. i asked around the other doctors. Only two decided to come with me. Others thought I was crazy. Insanity is overrated. Hugh, my pseudo cousin, decided to go with me as well. Four insane people, but i tell you when we jumped, i thought the people who are insane are the people who never jumped off ten thousand feet from the air.
Lessons learned?
1. When you decide to do something, tell others about your resolution. If you believe in Big J, scream it out. I'm a believer. No grays. Black or white. In my case, I told them, 1st week of october, I am getting on a plane and I am jumping off ten thousand feet. I know this is probably the craziest proposition, but I guarantee you , it will totally change you, who wants to come with me? Big J is the anti thesis of the philosophy of this world. But i guarantee you, He will totally change your life.
2. if you are going to jump, jump from a higher altitude - i told them i think i just wanted to jump off five thousand feet or uhmmm ten feet. Any altitude cuts? The staff told me that if i wanted to jump, the higher the altitude, the safer it is. In case something wrong happens, you have more time to fix it up in the air.
3. Don't look down. Concentrate on the task at hand. When my instructor told me to step out the plane, I didn't have the time to think that my legs were too short to reach the stupid step, or that i was high up ten thousand feet, and that the wind was blowing fast and that the propeller is so near me... All i could think of was - i better get this right. When Big J tells you to do something totally out of this world, just obey. He knows what He is doing.
4. The first step is the hardest. Stepping out into open air was a battle of the mind. But i decided i was going to do this no matter what. No wind, no fear of heights was going to keep me away from this big adventure.
5. Trust your instructor and let go. Once outside the plane, the instructor told me to let go of the plane. I was petrified. The plane was the only one holding me from gravity and possibly death. But i trusted the instructor. I knew he could handle this. He has a good track record. So i let go and just entrusted my life to that instructor. And i fell off into the greatest adventure of my life. i was free falling but it was the most exhilirating feeling ever and ever. Big J has a sterling track record, i believe his is spotless. He knows what he is doing, he will catch you and you will soar on wings like eagle.
6. The instructor will be with you to guide you, coach you, fall with you, laugh with you, make sure you won't fall or hurt yourself.
7. Unless you decide you want to go jump off this ordinary life and exchange it for a life of adventure with Big J, life will be so dull and colorless. Life was meant to be lived to the fullest. Big J created life, he even died for the created just so they could have another lease on life. Don't waste it. Take the offer of a new life.
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