how to fit 4 kids and 1 log into 1 boat and get 2 to paddle it to make it move ahead?
use the trial and error and figure it out as you go method.
“if you wait to figure out everything before starting anything, it’ll never happen.”
― d
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glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2021
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Figure things out as you go along.
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as happens in much of life
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Indeed.
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Improvise, overcome, and adapt! Great skill set.
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I so agree, brad
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Thank you, Beth!
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Teamwork!
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right – great minds….
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They’ll get there schooner or later.👍😅🌈
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hahahaha
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I guess they did figure something out…. why 1 log?
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not for me to know )
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My dad (and my boss) used to say “measure twice, cut once” , and then .. “think about the job before you dive in, maybe there are crocodiles waiting for you”
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ooh, good advice
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There’s a lot to be said for ‘sink or swim.’
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the ultimate learning experience
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I’m still trying to figure out why you’re loading a log onto a boat, but maybe that’s just me, Beth.
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for reasons unknown to me, they all had decided it was going with them.
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Good thinking Beth! Sometimes we just improvise, adapt and overcome…
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it’s an important skill set
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It works for the Marines!
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True!
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Ah the troubles we go to to reach land! Thanks for the quote too. I have noted it into my not so little book of quotations. Have a Great Trouble Free Day.
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Great, and thank you
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Cheers.
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My brother-in-law once took 5 small kids out on a boat just like that…he noticed something orange floating by…it was my daughter, who had slipped overboard trying to reach something in the water…she didn’t cry out, just floated in her lifejacket waiting to be noticed! #kidslife
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Couldn’t the log just have floated along side the boat? Either way, it looks like they had a great time figuring it all out.
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Yes, and they did –
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hopefully there wasn’t too muc of the error part…
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Ended very well and all happy
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all’s well that ends well…
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True words. ❤
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Know it to be true
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reads just like life…try, fail, tray, fail, try….a lovely growth process.
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like this poem I’m starting now, Beth: I know what’s going in ; I just don’t know where the various parts will sit harmoniously but I’m working it out as I go along 🙂
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That’s right, and fun to see how it ends )
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That’s what makes it fun and builds confidence. What a great moment.
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You are so right-
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
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Absolutely right
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Strongly agree with the idea 🙂 Must have been fun!
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Yes!
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True, the quote!
But, why the log?
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No reason given, but isn’t that the way life is? 4 can barely fit in a boat but you feel the need to add a log)
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😂 your answer made me quite smiley for some reason. Life IS that way!
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❤️
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What words for LIFE. Life is all about learning. We take ourselves too seriously when all we need to do is let go and get to the doing!
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That is exactly it
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Kids are so much better at trial and error than we are.
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they have no problem with it , and do it quite naturally
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Yup!
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They all look cute though!
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They do-
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Lol. so cute! ❤
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❤️
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