{"id":1178,"date":"2006-07-25T04:30:35","date_gmt":"2006-07-25T04:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/07\/would-you.html"},"modified":"2006-07-25T04:30:35","modified_gmt":"2006-07-25T04:30:35","slug":"would-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/07\/would-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Would you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If asked, would you participate in a Discovery adventure into outerspace? I got to thinking about this when I saw the picture of those on board of this new space exploration and experiment. Here are my thoughts:<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nWould I? would you?<br \/>\nSome would jump at the chance; they&#8217;ve listened to LeeAnn Womack and think you need to &#8220;dance&#8221; when you get the chance.<br \/>\nSome (I confess to being one of this &#8220;some&#8221;) would never do it out a sense of such a gamble with one&#8217;s life. And what is not being related here is that I get sick on swings, and sudden big dips on airplanes (and little dips make me sweat), and I can&#8217;t image being shot into space at those speeds. Weightlessness, while in the direction I ought to be moving, is not my idea of a fun time: it gives me that sense of vertigo or labyrinthitis.<br \/>\nNow, I ask myself, why wouldn&#8217;t I do this? Why wouldn&#8217;t others?<br \/>\nFor some of us (I&#8217;m in this &#8220;some&#8221; too) it has to do with calling and vocation. What we do is more important than the fun from a Discovery launch and ride in space.<br \/>\nSome of us (and I hope I&#8217;m not in this group) it has to do with thinking we are too important, that the world or our church or our work could never get along without us.<br \/>\nWhat are your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If asked, would you participate in a Discovery adventure into outerspace? 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