was to do nothing but read and windsurf every day. I wanted to feel the fear and do it anyway. I wanted to learn how to ride the currents, and I couldn’t think of a better way than to

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　　myself to the invisible, ever-shifting wind.

　　I decided to sail at Swell City, a favorite outpost on the Washington side of the Columbia. That July

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　　to be one of the windiest months on record. I grew to find that what I was doing did

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　　for my standing in the world. It won me no friends．Then againI was

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　　.

　　One day, a friend and her l5-year-old son came, and after I explained my

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　　, he said the simplest but most profound thing: “It’s all in the

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　　. ” This kid had windsurfed only three times ,

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　　he knew the secret. “If you go out there knowing you’re going to

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　　it, you will, ”he continued. “But if you go out there afraid you’ll get hurt , you will. ” I smiled at him. Wasn’t that

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　　the same problem I’d encountered in life? I’d always been terrified l wouldn’t reach the goal or

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　　the job. I knew I had to let that fear go. And slowly I did.

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