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 seem to belong to everyone and at the same time to no one. The sea is that echo of life that sometimes allows itself to be caressed and other times escapes from any hand.

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

However, other times the waves break strongly on the rocks and the storm shows all its anger on the sea. So, The sailor who survives is the one who puts aside his comfort and decides to face those terrible moments that threaten his home, well the one who If you decide to cast yourself on the spell of water, you must also be prepared to face its anger.

The comfort zone does not allow us to grow

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

In fact, we tend to believe that 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 reaching that routine that we can come to feel that there is nothing to change and, however, we are wrong.

We are wrong because By staying in our comfort zone we are losing 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 in the face of what arises spontaneously and shakes us, to want to go further to touch with our soul what we have never touched and what we long for.

The feeling of security

The feeling of security when we have achieved a balance can be a pretty big emotional enemy, especially because it is also what gives rise to the vertigo of losing it.

Thus, it is evident that everything that directly or indirectly seeks to remove our schemas produces fear in us. However, let us 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 into the search without limits can achieve skill in all possible situations of their life.

Not taking risks will not make you lose, but it will not make you win either.

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

Human beings tend towards control and balance in our daily lives, 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 take the risk of trying? Thinking that you won’t make it and staying still will give you control, but not satisfaction.

In this sense, we get used to hearing that “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” and to believe it completely, without understanding that, unconsciously, advice like that encourages us to remain static and not fight for what we want.

And it is that, The sailor knows that the roughness of the sea can lead to death but also that facing that state is the only way to fully enjoy of his life and to love what he preserves from his destruction.

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