Meriden
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It is very easy to become a hostage to your Job, your belongings, your Ideas, the norm or your upbringing... and tomorrow is not guaranteed. Climb that mountain!
We all live in prisons of our own making. One old colleague saved and scrimped and bought a Vagabond 42 then spent five years sailing the Caribbean. He never graduated college, but managed to raise four kids before he cut the dock lines. Another colleague is a counter-lesson. She has $200k in uncollateralized debt, so much that she works two jobs and avoids unknown callers; but ask her what is the biggest threat to her 'freedom' and she'll spout the last thing she heard on AM radio. She has been duped to selling her labor to the banks for the rest of her life with nothing but credit card receipts to show for it. No sailing for her. Maybe she deserves it.
People fail or succeed in spite of their circumstances. That doesn't mean that everybody has to cut the dock lines. But if there is something you want, look for it in the mirror.
Thanks for letting me tag along SB. I enjoyed Ribfest.
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