I don’t know exactly what made me agree to get up at 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning to drive three hours in the rain while sick, but I’ll say that it was the best decision I’ve made all week. This morning my friends Jacque, Elizabeth and I went white water rafting through an organization called Lifelines. While they do promote outdoor activities and bonding, they also encourage a relationship with God. Which I’ll admit, made me a little wary about wanting to go. Especially when we first met at the steam plant parking this morning lot to drive down to Forks, M.E together. The man who was in charge of the trip wouldn’t tell us the address or give us directions, and after two hours of driving on remote back roads I was sure we were being led to a cave by cult members. However much to my relief, we arrived safely and began to raft some of the craziest rapids I have ever been on. It was the best Saturday I’ve spent since being back at school. I was also impressed by how little they tried to push God and religion on us, they only mentioned it twice and the rest of the time we paddled, swam and played raft games. I don’t dislike God, in fact I’m really not sure what I believe, but people pushing things (especially religious beliefs) upon other people drive me crazy.
As I paddled my way to salvation, I realized that taking risks and doing something that I normally wouldn’t do really does have the potential for reward. My new attitude on life is to take every opportunity thrown my way, even ifs it not as cool as something like white water rafting.
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