Feelings are like large waves

Imagine you’re surfing.

You walk into a wave, bracing yourself through it. You paddle over another one. You duck dive under the next.

Then you see it — a giant wall of water. Some waves can’t be overcome.

You feel it slightly at first. The sudden angling of your board, the sense of being lifted, the drawing away of water.

A tipping point — then you feel it fully.

A deluge of water hits you, pummels you.

You resign yourself. Let go.

You lose grounding and your arms and legs flail.

You let the wave run it’s course, tossing you this way and that. The cold water rushing in and out, over and under.

Then it’s over. You’re above surface, gasping.

Feelings are like that. Felt before thought. All consuming. Loss of control.

Coming in sets, the intense ones just one after another, mere seconds in between.

The only choice is to face it, experience it. Regain your board afterward, steady, and continue paddling out.

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