Although I usually post on Sundays these days, it's a Friday night and I'm sitting here thinking... Ahh...dangerous business, that's for sure. That thinking stuff can cause problems sometimes. I went surfing today and opted to take my new board. Galveston had waves, but they were mushy and quite disorganized. So taking the 8'1" was risky, but I knew I knew I wanted to try. I made it to the outside four or five times, but never really managed to catch one of the waves. I caught several in the whitewater and had a great time. (...going to bed...will finish this on Sunday)
SUNDAY
Perseverance...that's what I was thinking about on Friday. I'm trying not to get discouraged with my surfing or anything else in life. I know that the only way to get better is to keep trying. I watch Brian and some of the other guys/gals surf and they make it look so easy. I think about the past two years and try to figure out why I'm not better at the sport, but then I try to look back on my cycling time and realize that two years after I started cycling, I wasn't riding with the fastest people either. When I watch the waves, I'm still not very good at judging which ones will form and how long they will take to reach me. In life, I watch people like my parents who have been married 50 years, and like the surfers I watch, they make it looks so easy, easier than it is. It's all about perseverance: keeping strong despite the obstacles.
PERSEVERANCE: steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. (dictionary.com)
I used my cadillac of surfboards today -- my 9'6" Senator board named Petal. I surfed with Brian, Robin and an old friend from grade school named Sydney. She's newer than Robin and me and doesn't live near enough to a coast to get much practice, but she's staying active with the sport and persevering.
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