It's clear, flowing, moving, life sustaining, but what I'm here to talk about is more than just the general use of water.
I'm here to talk about the effects of it in our mind and spirit.
Being a swimmer, I'm around water a lot. Not just around it but in it. Sometimes while I'm swimming those laps, I forget about what substance I'm in. I forget about the feeling, the smell, the taste. And for a second, I feel as if I'm floating in air. I sometimes forget that I just need to slow it down sometimes and really absorb what the water is doing.
When I still had free time (which was a long time ago) I would go to the deep end of the pool, dive in, and just stay there. Stay there, underwater, and feel everything. I could feel the currents move around me, I could hear the splashes of others in the shallow end, and I could sense something else.
I never knew what that something else was until recently; that something else was, and is, the universe. Being underwater is like being in space. You're weightless, there is almost no sound, and the darkness is just pressing in on you.
However, this never scared me. My sences came to life down in that deep end and I felt different.
I felt in tune with my surroundings.
I felt At peace with my mind.
I felt free.
I could do anything.
If I wanted to to a septuple flip, I could!!
If I wanted to be a mermaid, I could!
The feel of the water on your body eventually fades until you cannot feel it at all. It feels like air.
The currents turn into breezes.
The sounds turn into distant and unimportant traffic.
But this clarity; this freedom, can be obtained at any time.
Some (by some I obviously mean most) people think that they do not have enough time in their life to take a quick dip in a pool.
Well I say, make time.
The effects of the water is much more than just relaxing, it's eye opening.
It's tranquility that is hard to find.
So this may not seem like a ponder, so here's the question I'll leave you with:
Do you think your body needs water, not only in the intake of it, but in the immersion of it?
Think about that.
Blog on.
Water's Strong.
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