Menage A Trois

       Today, I am off to parts unknown. Well, that’s just an expression actually. Marblehead, Hyannis, and Nantucket, Massachusetts are all quite known. But the journey there for me is not.
       Through a chance meeting at The Red Parka Pub in N. Conway, New Hampshire, back in January, I have the opportunity to be a crew member on the boat Menage A Trois, in the upcoming Figawi Regatta.
       We set sail today from Marblehead, harbor somewhere overnight, arrive in Hyannis Friday, race on Saturday, and sail back Monday. In between life on the open seas, there will be plenty of socializing, rebel rousing, and harmless chicanery at our ports of call.
       This opportunity presented itself to me, in part, because I put myself out there. I don’t hide myself. I take risks, seek engagement with others, talk to people I don’t know, and build connections constantly. That’s part of “Living Out Loud”. For me, a big part. And it pays dividends. It’s not the way, It’s not the only way. It’s just My Way. And I believe there’s something to be gained and learned from it.
       Turning up the volume of life sometimes gets too loud for some. But if you keep an open mind, maybe you will hear something beautiful when you jack it up to eleven; just as there is something beautiful in the quiet passages of life, and in the silence. Sometimes, however, there’s nothing like cranking it up, peeling some paint off the walls, and feeling the thunder vibrate through your chest, into your heart, and back into the universe once more. Forever touched, forever moved, and never quite the same.....

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