A big happy Thanksgiving to all our American Paddlewisers. You still have a great nation; there are those of us in Canada who still love you. :-) Strength, courage, hope and love to you all. I do hope things improve for your country...and the world. And there is still a lot to be thankful for everywhere. Still reason for hope. Come up and paddle here anytime you need a retreat.. Except Dave...he needs to leave room for other Americans to visit. LOL I'm not getting much paddling in right now - between hardcore boats and re-evaluating risk assessment. Just something a guy neede to do once in ahile. I'll get back into some serious paddling again but right now, just taking a break from the rough stuff (my rough stuff is a bit more textured than perhaps the usual). Have camera, will record the action, sometime. Thought the Sir Francis Drake prayer might be a good one for the USA right now (a bit religious sorry), and maybe this often wayward Kanuk kayaker too: Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst For the waters of life; Having fallen in love with life, We have ceased to dream of eternity And in our efforts to build a new earth, We have allowed our vision Of the new Heaven to dim. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, To venture on wilder seas Where storms will show Your mastery; Where losing sight of land, We shall find the stars. We ask you to push back The horizons of our hopes; And to push back the future In strength, courage, hope, and love. This we ask in the name of our Captain, Who is Jesus Christ Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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