Slideways Into 2008

My metaphor for the new year occurred during a snow tubing
adventure at White Tail in Pennsylvania. The awareness that
there is no real control as you slide sideways, backwards, and
head first down the slope was freeing. Nothing to do but laugh
all the way to the bottom over and over again. And so we go
slideways into the future, the only control being how we want
to be about the direction it takes us...fighting the flow or "digging"
the snow. I am reminded that in sports and life we control
what we choose to do and how we react to what else is beyond
our control. On a tube there is no preparation, no goal, no plan,
just the ride. The more you let go, the better the ride.
Happy New Year!

Geoff Michaelson, Ph.D.