Neck-Deep in Blue

I was neck-deep in the Atlantic Ocean a couple of months ago. The first time since I was a kid. Back then, I wasn’t afraid of what I couldn’t see under the water’s surface. The ocean was just fun and refreshing and free. My playground.

But, as an adult, I found myself teetering between that old blissful feeling and the fear of all that could go wrong. Sharks, jelly fish, sharp objects, a sudden current pulling me under…

As I swam there in the tension of the thrilling and the terrifying, I finally decided to surrender. I relaxed into my childhood memories and let the water hold me like it used to. Warm and buoyant and blue.

It was so deeply healing. Choosing joy over fear.