[ESP-ING] Saltando las olas de la vida

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I’ve always looked at the sea with respect; I always say it’s another world. When I was little, I loved it when my parents took me to the beach, and what I liked most was jumping over the waves. There were waves that would knock me over, and I’d end up on the shore covered in sand. And of course, I’d swallowed a lot of saltwater—it’s so bitter that it even gets up your nose. It’s a very uncomfortable and bitter sensation.

I used to swim, and that gave me more confidence when jumping over those waves; plus, if a undertow came from below, it wouldn’t sweep me away because I knew how to swim. But passing under the waves when they were really big was something I loved, because I’d learned to get under them by diving in, and they’d roll right over me.

When I read this week’s initiative, it really resonated with me, because life is like surfing a wave or jumping over a wave. There are days that are calm, gentle, and peaceful—days that present no problems. In fact, those days leave us feeling happy, at peace, and joyful, or we simply get through the day. They’re the kind of good days we’d like to have all the time because they leave us with good things, or we just get through the day.

There are days when the waves aren’t too strong or too weak, but just moderate. They aren’t as good as other days, but they aren’t that bad either. These days have their challenges, but we can get through them without much effort. We ride out the wave and move on to a new day. These days with moderate waves might last one, two, or maybe three days; they might be a little difficult, however, we’ve learned to ride that wave and keep moving forward.

But there are days when waves the size of a tsunami come, and if this wave hits us, it knocks us down, drags us to the shore, or maybe tries to pull us into the deep. Those are the days when we’ve gone through circumstances no one would want to face. I’ve had to ride those waves and learn to be resilient, because that wave might take a part of us away, without knowing when we’ll get back up or if we’ll be on our feet again soon. These days I’ve had to live through feel as if we’re inside the wave and in total darkness; we’re drowning and don’t know how to get out of there.

Pero en esa ola uno aprende a salir adelante, a hacerse fuerte, a salir adelante, a levantarse nuevamente, pocos se quedan allí en la ola y se ahogan, pero muchos salen adelante y aprenden, pues en la vida esas olas vienen como enseñanzas, aunque sean fuertes siempre nos van a dejar algo que más adelante en nuestro andar lo vamos a necesitar. Gracias a Hive account@angelica7 por esta iniciativa de la semana,