"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Friday, February 21, 2014

Which Way To Go Once You Leave.

Is there a cost for those around you for escaping?

"Then there was the issue of where to head, and the only plan I could come up with was to go south hundreds and hundreds of kilometres across the Sahara desert. Even if I could find a well- travelled track and a passing vehicle were to pick me up, there was a good possibility that anyone transiting those regions would simply hand me back to AQIM or turn out to be worse abductors. As for retribution for any escape attempt, I had to consider the likelihood that it would be Visited upon both me and Louis, whether or not he were to join me in the attempt, and likely to be worse for him in the extremely unlikely event that I succeeded."

(Robert Fowler. A Season In Hell: My 130 Days In The Sahara With All Qaeda)

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