Well I know it wasn’t in ideal time, but I have finally gone on a moonlit…
SWIM!
It took me till the end of the Harry Potter series to stir up the nerve and I have to tell you it was exhilarating!
I felt free, excited and terrified. I really just felt alive! Whirling around in the dark was exactly what I needed to boost my confidence to take more risks—to really get my nerve up and do the things I want to do. I have always felt safe in the water, so it really just showed me that taking a chance might lead me somewhere pretty amazing.
There is a little body of water hidden about a half mile away from my house. Trees, bushes, and a forest of wild flowers hide it from everyone who hasn’t been in my small neighborhood, consisting of five families, for more than five years. I call it the “water hole” and it just so happens to be the perfect place to swim.
However, getting there is a tricky task, especially in the dark. You have to walk down my dirt driveway, across the main road, crawl under some barbwire, and then make your way through the brush. It was extremely hard, but definitely worth the trouble of a few scratches and falls. Well, that and the constant fear of some wild animal jumping out and devouring me. I know that would be an unlikely event, but what can I say, I wasn’t exactly thinking rationally at the time.
When I finally made it to the water pool I stripped off my clothes and leaped in. It was freezing. Ice cold. But at the same time it was so amazing just floating around, naked as could be, looking up at the stars. I forgot all my fears in those few minutes. I felt like I was one with the water. No worries or difficulties, just me and those tiny molecules carrying me in empty arms.
Water is an incredible thing. It makes it possible to live, but can take away your life in a second.
Water is as much to swim in as to sail on or even to dive under. Without water there is no life, and without life there is no meaning. Perhaps that is why water gives one such great solace.
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