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15 Lessons I Learned From Paddleboarding That Will Improve Your Life
I took up paddleboarding last year, and it’s quickly become one of my favorite activities to invest my time in.
The cocktail of serenity, peace, and challenge is extraordinary.
Every morning for the past 8+ years, I write what I’m grateful for, it’s a practice I began in prison, and the return on investment has exceeded anything I could have ever imagined.
This morning I wrote how grateful I am for yesterday’s paddle board session and a question I like to ask occasionally in my gratitude practice bubbled to the surface.
“Why?”
Why do I enjoy paddle boarding so much?
As I wrote my answers, a picture began to form, and it’s so much more than the activity itself.
I understood paddleboarding is a metaphor for life.
The reasons I love it:
- Presence: I’m one with my body when I’m standing on the board, feeling every undulation of the water and wind, observing the ever-changing being Mother Nature is. If I’m not present, I start heading the wrong way.
- Conditions change. The water can become choppy very quickly (boats), and it can also become calm. The transition from calm to choppy is faster than choppy to…
