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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (25704)	10/29/1998 8:32:00 AM
From: Rick Julian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

E, Every physically healthy human being possesses the potential to swim in water--there are those who do, and those who choose not to. Those who do are able to enjoy an aspect of creation which is more common than the land we walk upon. Most who don't swim are afraid of water, and this fear is the root of the distance from it they maintain. Is this fear justified? Afterall, people drown in water, floods wash away cities, it erodes strong mountains. . .water is terribly mighty. Yet water is necessary to life. Our bodies are mostly water--it sustains us, it cleans us, it is necessary for the growth of all we eat, it allows us to travel great distances, it is a source of power that illumines entire cities around the world . . . Some stand on the banks shaking their heads saying, "Man was not meant to be in the water, he is a land creature. Water is dangerous, swimming is silly", while those who have befriended water know the comfort of floating in it, of playing in it. They are aware of the potential danger, but because they have practiced techniques which allow them to "work with" the water, they are able to enjoy it, and look at those standing on the banks, denying themselves of the pleasures of water, and wonder "why?". I encourage people to swim. At least to wade into the water and make friends with it. One can't honestly judge water before one has become immersed in it--at least once, and even then one must understand practice is necessary for the development of confidence. Waving, not drowning, Rick