Life is like an Ocean
You stand in the water.. waves of your past crash on the shore. Some times they leave a mark like an eroding rocky cliff face and some times they don’t leave a mark at all. A bubbly white foam that disapates and dissolves into the sand. Then you start to notice the waves in front of you. Little ripples than grow until they break and come crashing down. Sometimes the waves crash into you with such force you’re left thinking for certain you’ll go under with the weight of them all.
But you don’t know your own strength. You get over the next big wave, the obstacle that stands in your way of the deep blue ocean. Just like life, you’re faced with more battles than one so sometimes after one big wave comes another and then there’s another straight after that one.
If you focus on these waves too much it becomes too much, too much pressure, too much panic and all too fast. How do you keep your head above the water with the fear of the next wave hitting you before you’re ready.
You pause.
Take a deep breath in and look up.. you see the calm that’s beyond all this chaos, you see the vast opportunities and open water that surrounds you. The reflection of the sun on the rippling water. The endless horizon is everything life can offer you.
Suddenly some of these waves aren’t so big.. and you break through them.. you venture out and each wave becomes less frightening.
That’s life. Just like an ocean.