We
are here in Northern California just above San Francisco which puts us about
200 miles south of the current raging fire – The Camp Fire. As of this morning
the statistics are no less than very grim…and even much worse for those
impacted.
We had
a meet scheduled. We stopped Saturday after 90 minutes of racing due to poor
and deteriorating air quality. Kids were coughing and running low on energy
etc. Sunday’s events were scratched also.
Parents,
swimmers and coaches were doing what they could to move past the immediate
disappointment. And as we worked through that stage it became more a matter of
what to do next…how to make do with what was available to us.
We
said the time honored “blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out
of shape”. Jackson, a senior on our NBA team did himself proud and gave us
another thought. He said he learned from the meditation master, Jack Kornfield
– google him –
“You can’t stop the waves,
but you can learn to surf.”
Everywhere
in life it is time to learn…
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