Let the Waves Happen

Life is one big ocean and we're all just on the ride.

I think a lot about what kind of guts it took for the explorers of yore to get into ships and cross the Atlantic Ocean. People just lived like that, man. No phone or GPS system, just their ships and the wind and the stars and God. What a life. Part of me feels jealous, if I’m honest. (But only part of me.)

Sometimes waves just catch you that you never planned to catch you and they carry you to a height you’ve never known before and holy God is it glorious while it lasts. But all waves crash, too. This is true of jobs and businesses started and projects launched and proposals sent and relationships and marriages and virtually every other meaningful experience that we have.

My problem has always been holding onto the good in a situation — a job, a hobby, a relationship — too long even after it’s become unhealthy for me on the whole, wanting to get the good…