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Schwip
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Re: What effects have you had on people's lives? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#5375425 - 03/07/06 06:34 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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wonderful topic idea 
i try to be honest and do good everyone i know and meet....cant think of any one thing that may have changed lives though.......
-------------------- -------------------------------- " If the sky were to suddenly open up there would be no law. There would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories... the choices you've made, and the people you've touched. If this world were to end there would only be you and him and no-one else. " .............. "MAN! You know there aint no such thing as left over crack!"
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Noviseer
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Re: What effects have you had on people's lives? [Re: Schwip]
#5376050 - 03/07/06 10:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was horrible in junior high. Didn't respect my parents, didn't really respect anybody. I certainly negatively affected people's lives during that period of my life.
Nowadays, thanks to many years of expereince (and a psychedelic awakening or two) I've steadily grown more thoughtful and consider myself much kinder these days 
And as long as we're sharing our lifesaving stories... I rescued a guy from drowning a couple years ago. I was surfing my local break, very few people were in the water that morning, and I came upon a loose surfboard floating in the ocean. It struck me as a bad sign and I paddled over to see what was up. I pulled on the leash, and felt a sickening weight at the other end of the cord. Then a head and a pair of shoulders surfaced. All I saw was a patch of dark brown hair and wet neoprene.
I tilted his head back enough to get his face out of the ocean, and he took in a huge breath. He was semi-conscious, breathing deep and moaning, but completely paralyzed. Can you imagine that kind of experience? Paralyzed, under water, about to die!
I yelled for help to a nearby surfer, and the two of us swam, and then walked him to the shore, where a lifeguard spotted us and helped us get him onto the sand. Paramedics came eventually. He woke up pretty soon and just went "fuck, i can't move. fuck!" like that over and over. He seemed SHOCKED to find himself in this condition. He probably surfed 5 days a week all his life, and there he was paralyzed on the sand with a bunch of paramedics cutting off his wetsuit and getting him braced.
I visited him in the hospital a bunch... he broke two vertabre in his upper back and the swelling had caused the paralysis. He was bedridden for a long time, and in full time physical therapy for longer. But a year later, he had a party at his house in honor of the event, and he was up and walking
-------------------- _______________________________________________________________ namaste said: no flamz in da ODD, if you got nothing to contribute then keep yo lips zipped _________________________________________________________________
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Fade_To_Black
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Re: What effects have you had on people's lives? [Re: Noviseer]
#5376262 - 03/07/06 11:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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exellent stories!
i agree with those who stated that the deepest impacts are made without the other party realizing it.. i have seen this happen, much of this has been thoughout the past few years.
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kilroy69
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Re: What effects have you had on people's lives? *DELETED* [Re: Fade_To_Black]
#5376278 - 03/07/06 11:22 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Post deleted by kilroy69Reason for deletion: no reason i just feel frogy.
-------------------- Yeaaa im still alive.
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kilroy69
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Re: What effects have you had on people's lives? [Re: kilroy69]
#5376331 - 03/07/06 11:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I voulenter at a local place for people who suffer from M.S. My stepdad had it for over 20 years and its something that is near and dear to my heart.
-------------------- Yeaaa im still alive.
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