Originally Posted by
Alembic
What a great thread Lynn!
1. I love to shave now - I would shave twice a day if my whiskers would grow that fast.
2. I start my day with a real sense of accomplishment when it goes well, and with humility when it doesn't.
3. I have approached everything that I must maintain, from keeping my car clean to polishing my shoes much more responsibly and gentlemanly.
4. I really feel like my subconscious is solving problems in a background loop while I'm concetrating on shaving in a foreground loop.
5. I am open to meeting more people and have a greater variety of freinds than I ever have in my life.
6. It inspired me to loose 33lbs - which I have!
7. I feel like I take on even more difficult projects at work.
8. I loose control of my finances whenever I see a razor I don't have.
9. I am humbled by the skill required to do any aspect of straight razor shaving.
10. I am humbled by the skills of the members here when I see their work and listen to their experience.
11. I have been taught what true generosity and lack of ego mean. I have never found an activity where so many were willing to share so much hard faught for and won knowledge and experience - and do it in so gentlemanly a fashion.
12. I have never found something so beautiful, simple, elegant and functional as a straight razor, with the possible exception of my pipes.
In general, this has been one of the most positive experiences and influences on my life that I have found.
Cheers,
David