Embrace uncertainty. If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. Water flows around all obstacles, eventually shaping rocks and river banks.
No matter how our circumstances might wear us down, wreaking havoc in small and large ways, every bit of the experience can be transformative. Challenges deepen our ability to feel empathy, to connect with others and to open our hearts.
In surfing, there’s a moment on a wave known as “the drop.” It’s the moment when either our hopes are crushed or our hard work comes to fruition. It’s also the most uncertain moment of a wave. A wave’s shape is in constant flux and the surfer must adjust accordingly. But the shape also has a tendency to disappear or “close out,” meaning that a seemingly perfect wave can crumble into whitewater, leaving a surfer scrambling.
Nothing in life is guaranteed and living your life according to a predetermined formula is not a guarantee of success. You can’t predict your company will succeed, your art will fly off gallery walls, or your love will be returned. You have to embrace the uncertainty of it all and remember that the more waves you go for, the more you’ll catch.
What's in you is stronger than what's in your way.
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