| To be a skateboarder, you have to be okay with pain, the pain of falling off the skateboard. You have to be okay with the skinned knees, bruised elbows, broken tailbones and concussions. This is willingness to accept pain is what separates the skateboarder from the wannabe just like it separates the professional from the amateur in any vocation. There are a lot of people in this world that like the idea of being something until they are faced with the painful costs of becoming that something. While I get the sentiment, Charles Bukowski's line about finding something you love and letting it kill you is a bit dramatic and, perhaps, toxic in creating a well-balanced life. However, I do think all of us should find something we love and let it hurt us. |