tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post2652843677264790042..comments2023-04-05T21:04:12.334+10:00Comments on Dancing with Dragonflies: An Unwanted Surfing LessonImogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410837283440529139noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-33906936986382107432013-03-22T19:55:34.790+11:002013-03-22T19:55:34.790+11:00Well done!
Sending you a Shaka from O'ahu :)Well done!<br /><br />Sending you a Shaka from O'ahu :)Mark Koopmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634424953074803816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-32275853499260945762013-03-14T05:10:06.090+11:002013-03-14T05:10:06.090+11:00Glad you had fun. Never tried it myself.Glad you had fun. Never tried it myself.Jeff Hargetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198367021884647821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-41204404773613520612013-03-13T14:40:52.761+11:002013-03-13T14:40:52.761+11:00I'm sure you'll manage a stand up. I manag...I'm sure you'll manage a stand up. I managed one, and I'm not a surfer by any stretch of the imagination. I'll be watching for that wave Jessica.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-77385911637938799492013-03-13T12:53:23.113+11:002013-03-13T12:53:23.113+11:00Hehe...you sound like me...I don't want to lea...Hehe...you sound like me...I don't want to learn to surf but the rest of my family wants to try...but you made it sound fun. Maybe next time we go on vacation and surfing comes up, I'll give it the good old fashioned try - and if I fluke into a stand up...I'll wave to you before I fall down :D<br /><br />JessicaJessica Greysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062673420332799383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-14780315291499095772013-03-13T10:12:44.556+11:002013-03-13T10:12:44.556+11:00I'll definitely have to come and visit you whe...I'll definitely have to come and visit you when I can work out time and money. I'd love to come and visit you sometime. Then we'll see the dolphins and all your other fun things. Or some of them at least. We'd have to leave some for another trip!<br /><br />Seeing the positives...It really is about that isn't it? If I didn't see the positive side of Reasons for Hope, I might have been too scared to go and I wouldn't have had such a great time. It's funny to think about the things I might not have done if I hadn't taken the plunge and just decided to do it, whether or not I thought it was going to be a particularly good idea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-49220207358282631892013-03-12T17:54:58.344+11:002013-03-12T17:54:58.344+11:00Well, come visit me in Perth, and I'll take yo...Well, come visit me in Perth, and I'll take you swimming with the dolphins! I did eventually fit into a wetsuit on that trip out - so I was just being silly.<br /><br />You are not a coward! Sometimes it's just about learning to see the positives of trying new things. I have tried lots of stuff that I now know isn't for me - so now I don't have to wonder about "might-have-beens" :)Fliqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020537482587979437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-54512940368143668532013-03-12T17:34:27.531+11:002013-03-12T17:34:27.531+11:00It's a lesson I'm having to learn slowly I...It's a lesson I'm having to learn slowly I'm afraid. So far I've managed to get myself to go to Catholic Youth retreats, and to go surfing, which is a start I guess. I shouldn't be such a coward really.<br /><br />Snorkelling with dolphins would be so amazing. At least you could still go without a wetsuit. I hope you didn't get cold. And I suppose you could fit into one now couldn't you?<br /><br />Swimming with dolphins would be a great new passion. Some time I am going to have to try it. Maybe I would like it as much as you do. You're so much more adventurous than me. I'll have to work on imitating you and getting braver!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926600609895094436.post-16138634934586331082013-03-12T16:16:06.551+11:002013-03-12T16:16:06.551+11:00Always try new stuff! There is no harm, so why not...Always try new stuff! There is no harm, so why not? You might discover a new passion!<br /><br />I remember going snorkelling with the dolphins last year - I was actually really scared, not of the water, but of having to try to fit into a wetsuit. I imagined trying one wetsuit after another, while slim blonde women turned their noses up at my flabby physique... only to find I was too fat for even the biggest wetsuit!<br /><br />It's good thing I didn't let that put me off though. Seeing the dolphins in their natural environment, showing off for these odd humans, was just amazing! I found a new passion, and I broke through a fear - both things I would never have done otherwise!Fliqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020537482587979437noreply@blogger.com