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The Argentina Scotland game was a cliff hanger right to the end! |
I have been watching the rugby world cup matches, almost daily since the tournament started. I have my favorite team, but the best matches for me were those for which the results remained uncertain. For example the match between Scotland versus Argentina was a cliff hanger right to the last moment, and was a thriller!
When the outcome was predictable such as the game between Wales and Namibia, most spectators even a die hard Wales fan lost interest. The game became boring and uninteresting. It just didn't rock our hormones enough!
Many of us are like that. At work, we need challenges to remain motivated. We need cliff-hangers in our lives to remain interested in living. I am such a person to the extreme!
I am an addict to risks and uncertainties. Stability and routine bore me. When drama stops, I create my own. When a property deal is closed and all documents signed, I look for new deals. When an assignment has been started, I don't wait until its completion. Instead I start looking for new things to do.
My wife once pointed out that I often open new packs of shampoo or shower gel before I finish the ones in use, simply because I got bored of the same fragrance.
My wife once pointed out that I often open new packs of shampoo or shower gel before I finish the ones in use, simply because I got bored of the same fragrance.
I have never stayed in a particular job for more than four years! Even if I stayed in the same company, I changed jobs. Fortunately for me, the changes have been upwards!
Unfortunately, sometimes my drama involve others, and they got dragged into turbulences they least expected. Some hated me for the rough rides. A few became a little wiser from the experience. Sometimes, I do get a thank you note for the thrill!
Through it all, one person has got used to my addiction and has dug deep into her resolve and extracted every ounce of patience from her marrow to understand, tolerate and continue to live her life along side mine. While I am energized by the roller coaster rides of my life, she often has to nurse not only my bruises but hers as well!
That one person has been my wife for the last 28 years! She has been through the roughs and tumbles. She has pulled me back to the ground whenever I floated too high and has picked me up whenever I was down on my knees.
We choose the life which suits us. Living a life close to the edge happens to rock my world! I do fall, but falling has been the reasons for me to bounce back even higher!
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.” | |||||
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