Lately, we’ve been discussing risk. The other day as I stepped off the trail to relieve myself, I asked Aly to keep an eye out for trouble. When she asked what kind of trouble she should look for, I thought about it a moment, and decided that “trouble” would be someone else coming along the trail and being embarrassed by seeing me. “Trouble” did not mean angry moose, hungry bears, falling rocks or trees, or any other form of physical danger. Apparently, those weren’t as much a concern as making someone feel uncomfortable.
That neatly nutshells our attitude toward risk. We’re pretty casual about it. Continue reading