Our life is a boat. Our body is our physical effort of trying to roll the boat. Out mind is the captain. We leave the shore. We leave the past. We go to another opposite side, the destination – the future. When the ride is smooth, we enjoy it. We look forward to the bright future. Sometimes when the ride takes too long, we starts to question the ride. We start to imagine about the future whether it actually exists. We start wondering about the past why we leave too early. We start worrying.
When the ride is rough with storm and strong currents that even our body can barely stand. We start to give up the ride. We want to go back to where we left because we think something is better on another side.
Riding life, we always think of the past that will never come back. We always think of the future that not yet arrives. Instead of concentrating on making the best ride so that the boat will move to the destination we desire. The more worries we have, the more chance that we will lose our strength and the more chance we sacrifice with destination. Use the energy to ride the boat. Concentrate to the presence.
I just talked with a friend that his father is very much in suffered of worrying about the economic situation. During economic turmoil the weather and storm gets strong. Life is tough. We are looking at the storm and think how bad it is instead of pouring the energy to balance the boat. We concentrate moving the boat forward; maybe we should concentrate on balancing the boat to survive the storm first. Or if there is still enough energy, this maybe time to move ahead surpassing other boats. We cannot control the storm we either choose to ride with it or just to balance it. If we still have the energy to dream that the storm would be over, why not use that energy to counter it.
