A spiritual lesson for chronic achievers.
I almost died at summer camp when I was 11. We had all taken kayaks and canoes and miniature sailboats to a little island off the shore of the camp where we stayed for a few days in tents. I was eager to get back to the mainland. When it was time to load up, I grabbed three friends and we got a head start on our chosen watercraft, an itty-bitty plastic sailboat.
About halfway across, ominous dark clouds rolled in. Within minutes it was raining. I was in charge of the ropes that controlled our sail. The harder I pulled, the faster the boat went. Before I knew it, the metal pole securing the sail knocked me into the water. The ropes causing the sail to tighten and speed the boat along were now wrapped around my neck.
I vividly remember the darkness of the water as the boat dragged me through it. My weight pulled the already tight sail even tighter. I was the thing making the boat go fast. I was the tension. The boat was choking me.
I would pull the ropes away from my neck long enough to swim up and take a breath, but I could not get untangled and the boat could not stop. The power of the wind was so strong that I could only get a breath for a second, and then I would have to go back under the dark water and be dragged along. I wasn’t strong enough to pull the ropes off.
Before I blacked out, a counselor who saw what was happening kayaked over and jumped in and untangled me.
Someone had to save me. I couldn’t save myself.
And so it is with us.
Life is pulling us faster and faster, and we keep trying to come up for air.
We Are Not Enough
We cannot do this ourselves. We have to be saved.
If you’re exhausted from the struggle to prove yourself, you are not alone. We are so often dragged along in the darkness, unable to ...
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