Handles; Life; And Grabbing The Latter By The Former

<em>[this post was damaged during a server failure on 11 July 2004; it was partially-recovered on 13 October 2018]</em> Oh yeh - we went to Brum on Saturday, but <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040606133001/http://www.livejournal.com/users/bryn_s/17330.html">Bryn tells that story</a> far better than I did, with all of it's visiting Scottish girlfriends, fallen trees (and phone lines), visits to Newtown McDonalds, and enormous shopping centres, so I'll not bother repeating anything to do with that. Troma Night, when we got back, was good, though. What I did want to share with you was that there's a lot of pleasure to be gained by 'grabbing life by the handles', hence the title of this merry little post. I'm sure <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040606133001/http://www.livejournal.com/users/restlessboy/49338.html">Andy knows what I mean</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040606133001/http://www.livejournal.com/users/reaperkit/32881.html">Kit, with his ongoing evacuation in the direction of Scotland</a>, understands too. What I'm talking about is leaping on opportunities; not being tied down by pessimism. And doing things just to remind yourself that you can, because you're wonderful and you can take on the world if you're that way inclined. It's pushing yourself that little bit further for nothing more than the satisfaction of a sweat. It's letting yourself show off how great you are ...