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New Quora answer, 12/19/24: What is the craziest thing you ever did when you were a teenager? I have two things. Both of them involve risky behaviors. I have a caveat: I believe that my Fight, Flight or Freeze response is a bit unusual for a woman. The first thing: When I was 13, I was skiing at Sugarbush, a Ski Resort I grew up going to (so I had a lot of experience there and I felt very comfortable on those slopes). However, this one time, I was riding the chairlift up to the top of the mountain, and, when I reached the top, my right foot got caught in the footguard of the lift as I was supposed to get off of the chair. I panicked. I did not think about the fact that there was a lift attendant and that he could help me. I jumped. I was thinking to myself: I don’t want to ride this lift all the way down the mountain, half on and half off of it! I will fall! So, instead, I jumped off. I left my right ski behind and I just jumped. As I was in the air, I realized that I was going to hit ...

  Love is Like a River The curve of the Earth Dictates The ability or not For water to chart its course; So, the curve of my face Dictates The ability or not For my tears to course down my cheeks. If my head is looking up, My tears run down to my ears; If my head is looking down, My tears run down to my nose. My head is a small Earth, And my tears, a small river, That courses down or to the side Of my face. When I am in love, My tears are for joy. When I am in mourning, My tears are for grief. This morning,  My tears Are in joy. The river forms its course and the Earth quietly tilts up or down On its axis. Beautiful.