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Dear Reader,
Life is ups and downs and treading water in-between...
...and that's ok, because when I was a young girl at Girl Scout Camp I was never the best swimmer, but I was really good at treading water.
It was unfortunate that I never realized, until I was older, what an important life skill I had learned. I was always dreaming of being the best swimmer. Treading water seemed so boring, after all they didn't hand out prizes for it.
But knowing how to stay calm and tread water has served me well. It's true, treading water isn't too exciting and sometimes it feels like I'm not making any progress, but I know from past experiences that I really am.
Treading water in life is staying alive until help arrives, or until I find the answer to that problem that's been driving me crazy. Or sometimes it's the more difficult task of just waiting for something to happen. Waiting for things to change.
And sometimes, when I'm in one of those troublesome situations in life, I can still hear my instructor's words, "You're really not in any danger, Suzanne. Just relax, breathe slowly and tread water. You're just taking a break and then you can swim to safety."
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Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@EmailBookClub.com
www.MuffinsandMayhem.com
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