Some lovely reflections from Leon Malinofsky:
Skydiving is three things: It is a submission after years of willfulness; it is wholly absorbing, and therefore distracting from our cares; and it is the rational, peaceful contemplation of death, and eternity made less fearsome.
Excerpt from Why Skydive?
See also Imagine, Freefall, and my favourite Home.

(This is not Leon)