Commit and Paddle

You're sitting in the middle of the river and the tide as gently pulling you farther from shore. Fishermen on the docks grumble about you under their breath. The sun beams down, illuminating your reflection on the water. A boat speeds towards you from the horizon leaving a large wake in it's path.
 "Let's hit it!" You tell yourself.
You commit to this and before you have time to change your mind you are already paddling forward, pushing, digging. Your senses awaken, you time your strokes with the water. In your mind you have already claimed the impending wave as your own.

Commit.

Paddle. Paddle. Paddle.

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When I am on the water it is easy to accept that I will get no where without hard work and pushing myself past the limits I thought I had. Why is life any different?  Why do I so often become lazy in my every day life?
I need to put these techniques into practice, I need to commit to a direction and paddle. I need to take the waves with excitement, not fear. Paddle forward, push, dig deep. Only then will I get somewhere, only then can I claim the wave as my own.

~Ayla