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Amazing story, I was hooked from the start. How did this experience affect your feelings towards death?

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oooooh that's a juicy question that's def worth its own essay. but the short version is that it gave me a bone deep sense of gratitude for being alive, and a keen awareness that it could all end with one missed step. i also have increasing amounts of conviction that i'm still here for some larger purpose. like, whenever i tell or reflect on this story, i can't help feel like my life was somehow spared because my job here hasn't been done yet. it could be that i'm just unreasonably lucky, but i've chosen to interpret it as imbuing my life with more significance than it might've otherwise had.

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Thanks for sharing Rob 💜

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my pleasure! thanks for reading jibran 🙏

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I’d go with Chris melton

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Quite the story. You have a good mom.

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yep, she's pretty great! 🥰

thanks for reading, nan!

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There’s a film in this story. (But thanks for sharing - amazing account.

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wonder if i can get james franco to play me, or if he's burned out on this genre 🤔

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Great story Rob! I enjoyed reading it. Kept me captivated.

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thanks for reading, nat! 🙏

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Always a pleasure reading your writing Rob! Wow, you almost died. Crazy lucky you had cell phone coverage and didn't die from the fall. Miracle!

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i like knowing your mom calls you "dude." thanks for sharing + surviving.

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'What a great story Rob. The way you wrote the story I could feel the pain and the fear, so well written. I would say it was not your time to go, the universe still needs you to fullfil your mission here. And one of those is writing and coaching. I've always admired how you write, you have a gift. So glad you made though, as we would not have experienced this gift you have. ◡̈

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Ouch, Wow. Great story...talk about authors needing some life experience to have something to say...you earned that one.

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Wow! Beautifully told, and also I'm glad you survived. That's insane. Thank you for opening up and sharing!

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Oh boy, what a story! I have a similar story myself. I made a video about it once, to mark the 30th anniversary, but have never written about it for publishing. I should get on that.

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