Relax. But Not For Too Long. There’s Places To Go

I had a house. A beautiful house. I loved the house. I lost the house.

I had a job. A great job. It paid well. I loved it. I lost the job.

I had a girl. She was almost my girl. I loved her. I lost the girl.

I had a cat. The cat was a pain in the ass. I loved the cat. I lost the cat.

I had a radio show. I loved the radio show. I lost the radio show.

I had a lot of friends. I loved my friends. I lost almost all my friends.

Losing stuff. What can you do? It happens.

When life is out of control like that all you can really do is be like a baby learning how to swim.

I posted a video on my Facebook about a month or more ago. (I'll post it on the Paul King's Pocket Lint fan page). It's a great video.

You're on your back, sucking up air, then you roll over and start paddling until you're out of air and about to drown. Then you roll over on your back. Take deep breaths. Relax. But not for too long. There's places to go.

Those places are places where you can't drown.

I know what drowning is like. When I was a kid we would take family vacations to Panama City Beach. I was one of those kids that was a rail huger. I hugged the rail for dear life. My life.

I had been brave once and I suffered for it. I was never taught how to swim. I went under. I flailed under water. I can almost remember it as vividly as the day it happened.

I hated the water ever since. Not really. I love it. But I'm much more cautious around it.

When I was older, maybe 10, my mom took us to the public pool. There were 5 year old's jumping from the top diving board. They didn't care. They had learned to swim.

I climbed to the top. I wanted to be brave. I looked over and about peed myself. I was high up. I was over water. It was the deep end. What was I thinking?

I didn't jump up and down. I walked off like walking off the end of a plank to my death. I survived, but I never did it again.

When you start to lose stuff, you don't know how to swim. No one can teach you how horrible life is when that happens. They all say encouraging things. "You're going to get through it." "You'll be okay." "You're always finding a way to make it."

You sit there heartbroken. Listen. Agree. Take a deep breath. Turn over. And start paddling.

There's places to go.

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