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Alfonso: Greetings, this is Alfonso.

Alfonso: Greetings, this is Alfonso.

===='''''[[Adventure]]'''''====

===='''''[[Adventure]]'''''====

[[Visualize]] yourselves walking up to a [[forest]], and in this forest there are [[paths]], worn from much use over the years. There is a main path and several that are equally worn, and there are other [[tributary]] paths, less worn and yet still well traveled. As you walk through the forest, you're not sure exactly where it ends, yet you know that there is another side, and those who walk through the forest eventually reach it. Throughout your walk, you see [[things]] in the forest, [[plants]], animals, [[sounds]], [[smells]], and you have been content to walk on the beaten paths, now however, you reach a point in the [[path]] where you look out into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_forest virgin forest], and you hear a waterfall, or perhaps, you can see a bit of an unusual looking [[plant]], or an animal. So you [[step]] off the path a short way, and as you walk toward the scene that drew you off the main path, other interesting forest lore comes into view, and it leads you further and further into the virgin forest. And as you walk on these untrod paths, you see much that would not have been seen on the main path, and as you continue, you know that although you are off the main path, whatever path you choose through this forest will [[eventually]] get you through to the other side, and by taking the path into the virgin forrest, you [[assured]] yourself of an [[adventure]] that is not normally [[experienced]] by those staying on the main paths. And your experience in the [[forest]] is richer for it.

[[Visualize]] yourselves walking up to a [[forest]], and in this forest there are [[paths]], worn from much use over the years. There is a main path and several that are equally worn, and there are other [[tributary]] paths, less worn and yet still well traveled. As you walk through the forest, you're not sure exactly where it ends, yet you know that there is another side, and those who walk through the forest eventually reach it. Throughout your walk, you see [[things]] in the forest, [[plants]], animals, [[sounds]], [[smells]], and you have been content to walk on the beaten paths, now however, you reach a point in the [[path]] where you look out into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_forest virgin forest], and you hear a waterfall, or perhaps, you can see a bit of an unusual looking [[plant]], or an animal. So you [[step]] off the path a short way, and as you walk toward the scene that drew you off the main path, other interesting forest lore comes into view, and it leads you further and further into the virgin forest. And as you walk on these untrod paths, you see much that would not have been seen on the main path, and as you continue, you know that although you are off the main path, whatever path you choose through this forest will [[eventually]] get you through to the other side, and by taking the path into the virgin forrest, you [[assured]] yourself of an [[adventure]] that is not normally [[experienced]] by those staying on the main paths. And your experience in the [[forest]] is richer for it.

That is what we [[challenge]] you to do. [[Step]] off the main [[path]], look at some of the [[sights]] and [[sounds]] that would not otherwise be available. Walk through [[experiences]] that are not the ordinary experiences of people presently on [[this planet]]. And yet we've asked you to do one other thing as well. Once you have enjoyed the splendor of the [[forest]], we've asked you to call out to those on the main path, so that they too may [[experience]] the [[wonders]] and [[joys]] of the [[forest]]. They can see it through your "[[exclamations]]" and [[actions]] that the path holds no [[fear]] but only [[adventure]] and [[excitement]] and view (Ed: lost [[words]]). And if we could get more people to leave the main path, and to take a less traveled path, through a forest which holds [[good]], then more and more people would be calling back to another path, and soon the forrest would be full of people [[experiencing]] what they had [[thought]] impossible. And when they got to the end they would realize they were further along at the end then they would have been if they had just stuck to a main path. And they would be enriched by the [[experiences]] that they had while walking through the virgin forest. And they would be excited at the next [[adventure]] that awaited them and would be more inclined to walk off of the beaten path.

That is what we [[challenge]] you to do. [[Step]] off the main [[path]], look at some of the [[sights]] and [[sounds]] that would not otherwise be available. Walk through [[experiences]] that are not the ordinary experiences of people presently on [[this planet]]. And yet we've asked you to do one other thing as well. Once you have enjoyed the splendor of the [[forest]], we've asked you to call out to those on the main path, so that they too may [[experience]] the [[wonders]] and [[joys]] of the [[forest]]. They can see it through your "[[exclamations]]" and [[actions]] that the path holds no [[fear]] but only [[adventure]] and [[excitement]] and view (Ed: lost [[words]]). And if we could get more people to leave the main path, and to take a less traveled path, through a forest which holds [[good]], then more and more people would be calling back to another path, and soon the forrest would be full of people [[experiencing]] what they had [[thought]] impossible. And when they got to the end they would realize they were further along at the end then they would have been if they had just stuck to a main path. And they would be enriched by the [[experiences]] that they had while walking through the virgin forest. And they would be excited at the next [[adventure]] that awaited them and would be more inclined to walk off of the beaten path.

This short [[story]] is of course, an [[analogy]], and we think it apt events. We [[hope]] that it is of some use to you in your [[decisions]] when you come to the [[crossroads]] and decide whether to step out into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_forest virgin forest] or to stay on the beaten [[path]]. Thank you for your [[attention]] tonight. [[Shalom]].

This short [[story]] is of course, an [[analogy]], and we think it apt events. We [[hope]] that it is of some use to you in your [[decisions]] when you come to the [[crossroads]] and decide whether to step out into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_forest virgin forest] or to stay on the beaten [[path]]. Thank you for your [[attention]] tonight. [[Shalom]].

All: Shalom.

All: Shalom.