Ed Palma
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divedeepnj:I had some uncertified buddies do a "resort class" in the Keys. They said I'd be much better than them, so not to expect much. I had much more experience obviously. However, I told them the "winner" in diving is the guy having the most fun. They won that day, on their first ocean dives.
I'll second that statement.
A week ago, I was at my LDS to use their pool to test a reg that I had repaired. There was a class going on, so I waited for the students to come up before I went in. Anyway, after a couple of minutes of them on the bottom doing their confined water skills, when they came up, one of them exclaimed: "That was AWESOME!"
My being in the pool that day was a chore - but to them, it was a whole new world. Sometimes, a change of perspective is all that you need i guess.