The three A’s
During the 80’s and 90’s I was an active skydiver, my jumping was mainly done here in England but probably a quarter of my jumps took place in Florida, Z Hills was a brilliant place that attracted skydivers from all over the world. It’s strange that when talking with a non skydiver about the hundreds of jumps I’d done they are quite impressed but in reality although it was nearly a thousand it paled into insignificance when compared to others I knew or knew of that had ten or fifteen times more.
Over the ten plus years I jumped I was part of several four man jump teams that competed in national competition, it sounds impressive but my teams where small potatoes really.
When putting a team together the four members tended to be four friends but choosing a team member wasn’t always that simple, certain requirements had to be met. The three A’s had to be considered, Attitude, Ability and Availability. Now thinking about skydiving and the complexity of performing specific aerial sequences you’d think that Ability was the most important. But that wasn’t the case, being able to do these things and being available was obviously very important but in reality having the right attitude was the number one requirement.
I think in my own personal situation as in getting and coping with MS, my attitude is crucial in getting through this, always being able to deal with the physical and just as importantly the mental and emotional aspect of how my life is and doing what’s necessary to hopefully one day beat it. Life for everyone is challenging and we either complain and trudge along waiting to get to B from starting at A. Or you can have a different, positive and optimistic attitude and do your best while negotiating the bad times and pushing on to the good, that’s the way I have to be.
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