KJ was asking us if we remembered the Undertow story. I don’t think she realizes just how much we retain when she expresses her motivational vignettes. This particular story was about her dad and she who got caught in a wicked undertow and literally got almost swept out to sea. Most people would panic and desperately try to swim back to shore in that situation but David W. Bean was not like many men because when others might resort to alarm he met the undertow with calm. No easy task when you consider that our natural instincts are to fight and resist but not this singular man he instead told his young charge to relax and in essence go with the flow and lo and behold instead of risking their lives this man of virtuoso talents used the power of the sea to land both he and his young daughter safely back on shore.
It makes sense too. Often if we let the power of what we think is an opposing force do the work for us we save on angst, needless worry and in this story panic. It took awhile for me to learn that my first reaction of fight or flight was not the only ones afforded me. There is a 3rd alternative and its simply to recognize what is and utilize instead of over analyze. Kristen’s dad had that innate talent to respond and not react. It takes patience and its secret partner tolerance.
It is my own hallucination that our Kristen will take up her Dad’s soul right here on earth and I bet he will whisper plenty of his selfless personality her way.
And our hello to Mrs. C Bean let’s keeps her in our prayers too.
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