What is life? A swimming pool or the ocean?
Several
years ago I heard that comparison; the person who used it told a group of us
how he was an excellent swimmer… in a pool.
As he comes
from a surfing country, he thought it
would be very, very easy for him to surfing, but when he was out there, he
realized he was doing everything different than the rest of guys and his
experience was not nice. After all, the ocean is not a swimming pool.
And the
main difference is the sense of control that is present in the pool and absent
in the sea.
Many
decades later, I remember that example to help me understand what is going on
in the world right now…
I am in the middle of sea, after being in a
swimming pool for quite a while. I have lost my sense of control and I feel I
am at the mercy of the big and omnipotent ocean called life.
But then, I become a surfer… Instead of trying
to control the sea, I use strategy, intuition and wisdom to find a way to flow
with the waves.
However, I must go to the beginning and need to
let go of the shore. In the case of a swimming pool, the shore is just there,
at hand; but in the sea, it is far away. I let go of my past and present,
things I like and dislike, hopes and expectations. I just let go.
I let go of my support, my comfort, maybe my
personality or my way of thinking and behaving.
I let go and I flow, feeling the wonder of
being a master of my own life, a leader of the self.
By letting
go, I may flow, and this way I turn this year into a wonderful adventure.
This post is part of a series for a better
year. Good luck!
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