Dive

Last night I was standing by the pool…it was late…a nice breeze was blowing. I decided I wanted to get in the water but I hesitated at the edge. I knew it was going to be a cold rush and I really didn’t want to go through that whole cold thing that happens when you first get in the water. But instead of letting myself dwell on the idea of how cold it was going to be…I dove…and it was cold. I swam fast to other end of the pool turned around and swam back and by the time I reached for the edge I was not cold anymore. As a matter of fact the water felt amazing. The sky looked all cool with clouds passing over the moon…the breeze felt even better…and the water was great!

I thought about how many of the really good things in life require a dive. We want to experience the best there is but sometimes we stand at the edge too long while we try to sort through things…can we risk losing what we do have…then we talk ourselves out of it. We go back and sit down where we are warm and comfortable. All we can do at this point is dream about the possibilities…wonder what might have been…but we know we have settled for less. We hesitated so we could try to set up the perfect plan…to reduce the discomfort…but the perfect plan was going with your instincts…leaping into the unknown…experiencing the cold…and then suddenly realizing that the very elements you feared have changed and are working for you!

Get up…walk over to the edge…believe there is more…and…dive.