On Drowning

It really helps to take part in the process, rather than live in focus and fear of the future.

The past will always be with me. My childhood will remain
right there where it always has been and always will be

It does no good to thrash about in the water, relax and she will carry you to the surface

and then there's the sun.

there are better days ahead

 

I LOVE THIS.
I reaaaalllly like the way you put this.
I hope I can learn to let my childhood and past stay there.

 

Emily Dickinson - Drowning is not so pitiful

Drowning is not so pitiful
As the attempt to rise
Three times, 'tis said, a sinking man
Comes up to face the skies,
And then declines forever
To that abhorred abode,
Where hope and he part company --
For he is grasped of God.
The Maker's cordial visage,
However good to see,
Is shunned, we must admit it,
Like an adversity.

 

Nice how you make it sound peaceful, it's how I've always imagined drowning might be like. It's true, thrashing about does nothing

UAN - had not read that before either, thanks.