let there be sun

Feb 08, 2011 14:56

The psyc study that I went for asked me to rate my current level of happiness, satisfaction, and contentment with the self. I'd happily circled the extreme right - I'm extremely happy, extremely satisfied, and extremely contented with myself. Even though my arms are failing me because I kept holding the handlebar wrongly this morning. Even though I'd woken up groggy and with a bad headache.

Funny how something simple as NOT NEEDING to rush can make such a huge difference to your life. Or the meditative effects of alternating warmth and breeze. Today, little things go amiss. But I feel unfazed; it's been a long time.

Funny how the sea makes me grounded.

My arms are too tired. I struggle even to press the buttons on my phone to change songs. But you know what, the oddest thing is that my handwriting seems to improve, more slender and elegant, now that I have no energy to clench.

Lesson 1 from wakeboarding: it's easier to change feet when you give up some control.
Lesson 2 (sorta) from wakeboarding: it's easier to be elegant when you stop gripping your pen.
Lesson 3 from wakeboarding: fall into the water enough, and you stop being so rupophobic.
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