69. On Thin Ice
I spoke at a high school the next day. At the end of my presentation I asked for
comments and questions. A young man in a
Pittsburgh Penguins jersey raised his hand.
“While I would never drink or do drugs,” he said in an
exaggerated tone that caused several teachers to roll their eyes, “I know lots
of people who do. Nothing bad ever happens to them.”
“You like hockey?” I asked.
He nodded.
“Suppose you were going to play on a big lake. If the ice
broke as soon as you stepped on it, you’d jump back on shore. The trouble is
sometimes, maybe even most times, the ice doesn’t break until you’re over
deeper water.”
He smiled and said, “Nobody I know has fallen in.”
“Nobody near you has
fallen in, but across the lake you see people disappearing into the ice. How
smart are you to continue skating?”
Today I’ll
remember if the ice cracked near the shore nobody would fall through.
Life on Life's Terms III (c) 2016 by
Ken Montrose
Life on Life's Terms III is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between the characters
and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.
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