the water...

Today is a rainy, mildly warm day, you know the one where there is nothing better than staying home, curling up with a good book in bed for the day. My body decided to swerve a bit by developing one bloody tension headache, and at the encouragement of my *boyfriend* I went home early to blunt its effect. Good call!

So home I went, did a little work, it started to menace me a bit more so in the sack for a nap I went. While on my way a leprechaun like notion followed me, only to wake up with it on my mind again.

There are people in this world who are not afraid of anything, who are willing to jump into

…the water: a relatively unknown situation with dynamics still in play

and swim along the way, trusting themselves and the *informed decisions* that come up to secure a relatively healthy outcome. I was then brought to the question-- who are all the swimmers in the world?

Me, I am that type of person to a tee, jumping into those waters regardless and without intrepidation, and if so just a tiny bit as a dose for good health. I do this without hesitation in almost all instances for I know that I can swim, I will be alright regardless of how things may turn. I am a strong swimmer. It may be my upbringing, outlook on life, drive to experience everything, even my philosophy that we need to scare ourselves sometimes and push our boundaries. Definitely the combination of the aforementioned and many other forces that have shaped my life.

Not all of us are born natural swimmers, some start in the novice stage we they could drown at any minute. Then you realize you can tread the water a bit, it is not that cold, and you are stronger than you thought previously. It is what we do in the water that counts—gaining experience and strength to give back to this world in a positive way, including teaching others that they too can swim, despite the barriers that life brought along the way, and help create a league of amazing people.

Yet there are some who choose which waters they will swim. Smart thinking, yes? Or navigating growth barriers? It could be not only the fear of growing pains, yet the fear of failing, or even moreso, the fear of succeeding (which, in my opinion, is the driver behind most decisions when it comes to choose not to swim), that leads some of us to selectively swim and/or select which waters with great care.

Take a look around you… who are the swimmers? Why do they not drown? It could very well be that they dare to be themselves, trust themselves and are not afraid of succeeding, that they embrace failure in itself as life’s way of saying “take another shot”. They want to grow as an individual, nurture others along the way, and give back the best they can. Where it not for the tireless commitment of the swimmers, this world would be absent of some fabulous beings, would it not?

On the flip-- could they be swimming for they are afraid to stop, just for a sec, to breathe, and have to evaluate who they are... look at themselves in the mirror?

Yin and yang again with her natural need to balance precipitates this by choosing the waters and when to swim. Yet how do we decide this, what conditions need to be in play in order for us to dive in head first?

question: what is your water?