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Post 119: Let's Go Surfing

January 20, 20231 min read

Michael Singer gives a great metaphor for what type of control we can exert over our lives. He talks about a surfer. A surfer has no real control over where they are going. They must follow the wave and go where it takes them. If they try and go against the wave they will quickly find themselves submerged in water and having to start all over again.

Simultaneously, the surfer can make countless choices on what to do inside of that wave. They can choose where they are on the board. They can choose to stay with the wave or bail out. They can choose what they are doing while they are on the board. And they can probably even choose where to go within the wave itself. There is a surprising amount of control they can exert.

Life is like surfing that wave. The wave is taking me where it will, while I have a considerable amount of choices I can make on what I am doing while riding.

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