No Calm Sea Made A Sailor An Expert

If you have ever had the opportunity to look at the sea, perhaps you have thought that it is one of those places that seems to belong to everyone and at the same time to no one. The sea is that echo of life that sometimes lets itself be caressed and other times escapes from any hand.

While calm, any good sailor who lends himself to be one feels that he can let himself go and, then, settles down and contemplates his beauty. From that corner there are no dangers, only complete tranquility.

However, other times the waves crash hard on the rocks and the storm shows all its anger over the sea. Then, the sailor who survives is the one who puts aside his comfort and decides to face those terrible moments that threaten his home, because whoever  decides to cast himself under the spell of water must also be prepared to face his anger.

The comfort zone does not allow us to grow

Something similar happens with life on land, since experiences and their teachings reach especially those who are capable of leaving their comfort zone: abandoning comfort to face the unknown is undoubtedly an incentive for life.

In fact, we tend to believe we are not responsible for what happens to us when in reality what happens is that we prefer to leave it in the hands of what we call luck or destiny. It is precisely when we reach that routine that we can come to feel that there is nothing to change and, nevertheless, we are wrong.

We are wrong because by staying in the comfort zone we are missing opportunities to continue maturing and learning. We need the possibility of shipwreck to learn to mature with it: to see the teeth of some winds, to look at the face of that which arises spontaneously and shakes us, to want to go further to touch with the soul what we have never touched and so yearn for.

The feeling of security

The feeling of security when we have achieved a balance can be a quite great emotional enemy, especially since it is also the one that causes the vertigo to lose it.

Thus, it is evident that everything that directly or indirectly tries to remove our schemes produces fear in us. However, let’s not forget that  fears are there to dominate, not to dominate us.

Knowing safety means having taken an important step, but daring to find out the laws of a rough sea is an indication of courage: only those who venture to search without limits can achieve dexterity in all possible situations in their life.

Not risking will not make you lose, but neither will you win

As we said, not risking making decisions that allow us to discover new things can lead to passivity and non-action, simply because that way we avoid failure; however, we also eliminate the possibility of success.

Human beings tend towards control and balance in our day to day, thinking that this is the emotional well-being that brings us happiness. In this way, we forget that psychological growth also requires risk : how are you going to get that job you want so much if you don’t risk trying it? Thinking that you won’t make it and staying put will give you control, but not satisfaction.

In this sense, we get used to hearing that and believing it completely, without understanding that, unconsciously, advice like that encourages us to remain static and not to fight for what we want.

And, the sailor knows that the bravery of the sea can lead to death but also that facing this state is the only way to fully enjoy his life and to love what he retains of his destruction.