celeste_noelani | TouCanDoIt!

Okay, so maybe selling our sailboat wasn't exactly a tragedy, but it definitely was a blow to the spirit. There's a metaphor, I think, to be found on the water; about depression and survival and finding a way to navigate the fluid expanse of life. About the slow going-ness of calm water and how much faster we get to where we're going when the weather seems almost treacherous. About casting off and leaving behind and coming back into port tired and quietly satisfied. Tacking and jibing and trimming the sails, letting the right amount of wind spill over them so you don't overwhelm your little vessel making its zigzagging way across the sea.

Lifelines - In More Ways Than One

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