Proper Precaution

I discovered that 14 degrees is not too cold to ski if you are well bundled with proper gear. As my sister Wendy told me: there are no poor ski days, just poor skiers. And it is never too cold too ski, just poor gear. I took two brief breaks to warm up- something I usually don't do. However, the benefit of such frigid cold is that the ski resort had been making snow for several days and since it had never melted and refrozen, it was the best powder I have ever skied on. Powder is much easier to ski on than ice. I had worried for naught over the frigid cold. I am glad we went in the end.

Precautions are good, but they can close off experiences one should have. One person gave his mom a hard time about wearing a helmet. He fell and hit his head. The helmet probably saved him from a concussion. He understood and I think was glad for the helmet after that. He may never fall again...but it only takes one fall.

It is often a battle discerning when proper restraint and precaution limits unnecessarily the wonder of life. I do not find the decisions I have to make always easy to discern. My gut was telling me it was going to be way too cold to enjoy the day skiing. I was wrong. My friend's gut told him it was overcautious to wear the helmet. He was wrong. So what is a mother to do?

Pray. I just believe there is no other way.


James 4:14-15 (NIV)
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. [15] Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”


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