Two days ago I was talking with Mariah about just that and I was
curious as to what other people thought about me joining crew. After all, did
they really expect the girl who successfully got out of going to high school
while still graduating, the person who lived for some time in a temple and
meditated for eight hours a day, and skipped class to grab milkshakes and
donuts with her best friends to join one the most intense sports? Nope,
probably not.
This epiphany of course occurred to me on
yet another oar run during practice this morning. Every weekday morning at
5:00am, 4 girls carrying and running with 2 oars for 1 mile. I wake up at
4:00 every morning when I really am not a morning person. I'm running miles and
did 1000 push-ups in a day when I never used my free membership even though I
work at a gym. And when crew went through ROTC boot camp for a day the
lieutenant said, "In the army, you either become strong or smart."
Immediately I thought smart- I would rather be smart. I'm really not built for
crew at all.
And then I thought about why I joined
crew. And I didn't think much of it at the time, I just signed up at an
activity faire and then that was that. Why not?
And that's how I realized I have made most
of my decisions in life.....through the use of "Why not?"
I didn't think I would live in Thailand or
DC.
I didn't think I would get a role in the
musical or one-acts last year.
I didn't think I would actually be ok at
impromptu speaking.
I didn't think I would like TCC or hiking
as much as I do.
And I didn't think that I would be as
close to the people who I am today.
Many of experiences that have helped me to
become who I am, have always been out of "character" and out of the
box.
So even though this slightly more athletic
Turi is pretty ridiculous and amusing, don't think for a second that I thought
this through.
