The most important thing skydiving gave me was an understanding about overcoming fear. The lesson is that you can't eliminate fear. No, it's deeper than that: you feel the fear, but you do it anyway. Doing that gives you a strength that's hard to measure, but stays with you forever. I consider skydiving one of my most important spiritual experiences.

In the meantime, if you ever have a chance to try skydiving, go for it. I think everyone should experience it at least once. It's will stay with you for the rest of your life.

In the meantime, my life is pretty good. My back aches me sometimes when the weather changes, and my tailbone hurts if I sit in the same position for too long. Otherwise, I'm fine. Unfortunately, I haven't been back to the Drop Zone in years. I have a family now and have to think twice about spending money and taking unnecessary risks. But I think that one day I'll be back. In the meantime, I have memories to treasure and war stories to tell.

Besides. I know what it feels like to fly.

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