You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.
When you go off to do whatever it is you’re going to do, you leave home for school, for work, for love, do you think about what this means for you, how it might change you?
When I was younger, I would look up at those older kids and think to myself, I will never be that big, that smart, that fill in the blank. Was that you too?
Like so many things in life, we think we are well prepared for what’s coming, but when it arrives, we are still surprised by it. In this case, for me it was college.
It is my general disposition to be positive. How about you? If you’re not sure, look at whom you surround yourself with. Are they positive people or negative people?
Like life, rowing is a team sport. Sure, there are times it can be done "alone", but it takes support and encouragement from members of your inner circle, your outer circle, and from those you don't even know.