I know what it's like to be dunked beneath the waves. suddenly. unexpectedly. the fear, the panic, the struggle to hold one's breath and to resist gasping for air while spinning out of control, unable to find the surface.
Dark times in life can feel like that. Like being plunged beneath those waves, against your will, perhaps while trying to swim across an ocean, or an ocean-like expanse of uncertainty. Feelings of depression and despair that pull you down, thrashing and kicking...and finally coming up- sputtering, coughing, gasping for air with deflated lungs. The pain of water in the sinuses, the saltwater sting in the eyes. Exhausted from the fight, tempted to go back into the shallow waters. where the waves are small, can keep my head above the water.
But no. still determined, even more so, to seek the deeper things. the beautiful world below the surface, the colorful fish and coral, the mysteries of the depths.
yes, despite the occasional dunk into scary waters, i am still determined...to keep on swimming, keep on swimming...even against the tide.
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