Lessons from Kayaking
How gorgeous is this lake! So on Thursday night I travelled up two of my friends who live just north of Sydney. This is what you look out to from Rusty and Belinda's sun room, and yes, you can just walk into the lake from their backyard (mind the seaweed though, it really smells!). It was Rusty's birthday on 10 Feb so he took the day off work. He mowed the lawn, we met Belinda for lunch (she still had to work) and then before going out with friends for dinner and bowling we went for a kayak. Rusty really loves kayaking and so he and Belinda both have a kayak. I borrowed Belinda's kayak and we went out for an 1+ kayak - it was great! I love being on the water. And there is something about paddling that is good exercise but very peaceful as well. It gives you heaps of time to think and so here are some things that were brought to my attention. I'm not explaining them, so you can interpret them however you would like. 1) Often it feels easier to be blown along by the wind, but if you just keep doing that you probably won't get to where you need to be.
2) If you want to reach your destination you have to keep your eye on it, otherwise you will probably end up way off course.
3) It only takes the splashing of water for you to end up covered in salt and to feel it's effects.
4) If you want to get through the muck, the best way to face it is head up, paddling as fast as you can. And even then it might just take some good old fashioned hard work and patience. However, if you just sit there you certainly won't go anywhere.
5) - for something a bit more light-hearted - It is always handy to have a guy around to hose off the kayaks when you need to race in to get ready for dinner because you are gonna be late! Thanks Rusty!
So I'm all for analogies. What do you think of those?
posted by bec @ 9:33 pm
1 Comments:
hehe, love you Cass!
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