To place ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk being called naive. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by their certitude, they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is truly free.
Half wanting to know and half fearing to
know the answer, I sheepishly asked Scott’s father if the eulogy was adequate. “I wouldn’t have changed a word,” he
said. “You perfectly captured the essence of our son.” His response was perhaps the most meaningful compliment I ever received as we each did our best to hold back a river of tears. That experience was part closure and part redemption for me. I only hope these words help you find the
answer you’re looking for in your riding journey.
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FORUM ADMINISTRATORS NEEDED
Lee Parks (162125) has been riding and rac- ing motorcycles for well over 33 years. He has been the editor of both consumer and trade motorcycle magazines, manufacturers his own line of motorcycle gloves, and is a WERA national endurance champion. His riding skills book Total Control has sold over 100,000 copies in five languages around the world. Lee’s Total Control Training company manages—and is the curriculum vendor for—the California Motorcyclist Safety Pro- gram as well as several large military con- tracts. If you have a question you’d like to him to answer in this column, send him an email at
lee@totalcontroltraining.net.
The team that manages the BMW MOA Member forums needs your help! We’re looking for a few, good people to help with the daily administration of our online website forums. If you are knowledgeable in online forum administration, and want to help your club, please contact us! Send an email that summarizes your
experience and a little about why you want to help to:
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