David was raised as a competitive swimmer since age 5. Near the conclusion of his High school “career” and peak condition, he would be challenged by 2 rip currents and further challenged to DO something with the wisdom that plagued him Internally.
This took place on his final family trip to Daytona Beach Florida. Mom was terribly sick with cancer. It would be too much for her heart to handle, hearing what David just went through.
David never told his parents about this ordeal. The realizations born from the experience, were too personal and beautiful, to distract from the anxiety and frustration thrown upon him, if he had told them what just happened. Years of hearing the Flowing Water rushing past his ears as a swimmer, seemed to ready him to find the solution, offering Life a chance to Rest In Peace.
In David’s case, he met the Edge of the RIP current, where a wave pounded him down to the bottom and dragged him out 100 yards at a time, feet first, for a total of about 400 yards. Imagine yourself the size of an ant, being flushed down a toilet. Scary! Resurfacing with stinging salty ocean water in his sinuses, you can imagine the thoughts racing through his mind. He later reflected on the incident and his stupidity. He was raised smarter than this. It was around 6pm, during the tide shift, when sharks come in closer to shore to feed. Dumb Ass!
What a shame it might have been, to die with this Knowing. David began to dig deep on Ways to express the meaning of existing and Reminding Other who they really are – to reduce artificial anxiety by re empowering their Presence in Life’s ACTion.
Here’s a segment on the cause of RIP currents, and the solution that I figured out after risking my life for 10 minutes (swimming against the current).
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