Truly Fascinating

Being that today is my day off, the plan was to do a little of this a little of that but generally speaking not too much of anything. The only definite here is going fishing this afternoon on the Gallatin, flowing ever so graciously across the street waiting for the patient fisherman to come harvest its residents. Dry flys only of course. So, I started my day off with some cottage cheese covered on Franks accompanied by a banana, just a few days before expiration. After breakfast I then decided to catch up on my daily readings of The Intellectual Devotional, great learned readings for everyday consumption. Upon completion of this I cruised around Netflix for something interesting to watch before getting a haircut. This interesting thing then became - Man on Wire, the documentary of Philip Petit, French wire walker. 

Philip discovered his fascination with heights and climbing everything from trees to the sides of buildings at a very young age. His parents and teachers sent him to numerous psychologists to determine the basis of the issue, being that there was no issue. (Always has to be an issue, as parents are concerned.) Philip later discovered the wire, which later led to the much sought after fame of being "the" premiere wire walker in the world. He and his crew of friends traveled the world finding places to string a cable, walk and perform aerobatic maneuvers, then of course getting arrested by the local authorities for trespassing or some other bullshit charge they could pin on the Frenchmen. The entire documentary leads up to his walking between the late Twin Towers, on top of the world if you will. 

I enjoyed every second of Man on Wire and highly recommend it to you viewers out there. Philip ended the documentary talking about the purpose of living life on the edge. He says life is meant to be lived on the edge, to push the limits of where we can go and what we can do or else everything would be routine and we would all become complacent. The man pushes the limits of authority, defies gravity, balance, and everything we know about fear. Ask yourself one question everyday, this is from Steve Jobs, that question is "am I living the life I want to live and if I died today, would I be happy?" If you answer no one morning, make a change. 

Gone fishing.