Floating Isn't An Issue
Jul. 22nd, 2011 06:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
I strained and flapped to keep my chin above the surface
This is me. This is what I am like when I'm swimming but not because I don't trust the water to hold me up – I have these huge floatation devices fixed to the front of my body – but because I don't like to get my face in the water. I never have, and I don't think I ever will.
I've tried 'swimming with proper technique' and I just can't do it, in fact, I'm more likely to start drowning when I try to swim properly because of the panic of getting water in my face. So I surrendered long ago to having to do things my way. That said, I love swimming, especially when it's hot or when I need to exercise, because these self same 'floatation devices' that help keep me up in the water, weigh me down when exercising, and make even low impact exercises very uncomfortable… at least without industrial strength support, and that then hurts my shoulders, so I can't win. Swimming is, therefore, good for me, and I don't do nearly enough of it.
When we stop struggling,
we float.
I strained and flapped to keep my chin above the surface
This is me. This is what I am like when I'm swimming but not because I don't trust the water to hold me up – I have these huge floatation devices fixed to the front of my body – but because I don't like to get my face in the water. I never have, and I don't think I ever will.
I've tried 'swimming with proper technique' and I just can't do it, in fact, I'm more likely to start drowning when I try to swim properly because of the panic of getting water in my face. So I surrendered long ago to having to do things my way. That said, I love swimming, especially when it's hot or when I need to exercise, because these self same 'floatation devices' that help keep me up in the water, weigh me down when exercising, and make even low impact exercises very uncomfortable… at least without industrial strength support, and that then hurts my shoulders, so I can't win. Swimming is, therefore, good for me, and I don't do nearly enough of it.
