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EXACTLY!  I keep thinking that if I die doing one of the things I've always 
feared, at my age now, I've lived a good long life and it wouldn't be that 
I'm leaving small children without a mother or something of that nature.  I 
have talked to numerous women, and they all agree that once they became a 
mother, their attitude to risk was forever changed.  They now had a huge 
responsibility and they could no longer risk their lives doing exciting and 
crazy things.  They had children to be responsible for.  But I have always 
been overly cautious and fearful of my safety.  I think it's genetic....

Barbara


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Dave Smith" <DSMITH@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
"Jonni" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Nervous or Crazy


> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:56:53 -0700, "Barbara McCrary"
> <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Very wise words, and ones I am working hard to believe.  I am a
> > pathologically cautious person...always have been.  I've probably missed a
> > lot in life, but also I haven't had any near-death experiences, either. 
> > The
> > older I get, the less fearful I become.
> >
> > Barbara
>
> You know, that is actually the right way, although it's the opposite of 
> what
> most people do.  But, when you're young, you have 50 years or more of life 
> ahead
> of you.  The older you get, the less of your life remains, and the more
> important it is to do the things you want to do while you still can -- so 
> the
> risk/benefit ratio changes in favor of taking more risk, not less.
> --
>
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.rnbw.com



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