If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
Albert Camus, The Rebel
No better way to begin the New Year than going out to the 40 Foot for a dip. We thought. In the old year. Really good idea.
In the New Year, on the water’s edge, we nearly had second thoughts.








It just felt unbelievably fantastic when we got out. Pure beauty.
Best thing I’ve done this year.
If I didn’t know before, I learnt it today: there’s nothing you can’t do.
We didn’t go for a long swim. I just dipped in. There were boundaries dictated by the swell and the currents. But that was ok.
No need to worry. Everything is possible.
You can feel the happiest in the freezing cold.
So good that we thought: why just do it at the beginning of the year? Why not more regularly?
Live a happy life, forget about those tired old New Year resolutions you’re renewing every year. They don’t have any meaning. Nothing has. Then everything is possible.
I’m feeling good about life and our way of living it.
Happy 2023!
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Werden unser Bestes versuchen, Catherine!
Happy New Year! What a great way to start it. How did I live in Dublin and never know about the 40 Foot?! Learnt about it on the Bad Sisters program. What a cool place, literally. π Wishing the SchΓ€ler family all the best for 2023!
How are you and Peter keeping? Hope you had a good start into 2023! – I think you never heard about the 40 foot because we were all just too young and, then, not sufficiently out of our minds to do mad stuff like that:)
Thanks. We’re doing well. I’ve been struggling with new health issues, but I’m hopeful in the next 1-2 years things will improve. I agree we weren’t crazy enough back then! Not so now! π
Bravo Reinhardt
That’s some feat for sure! What a way to start the year. Brrrr! You’re a super trooper for sure.
A very happy new year to and all the Schalers π
Raphael π
Hope you and yours also had a good start to 2023, Raphael. Getting into the water that day seemed like a good plan when we were planning it. On the day it felt a bit mad. But sure…