Just Keep Swimming...

n. Protection of oneself from harm or destruction. The instinct for individual preservation; the innate desire to stay.

Self-preservation. As I ponder its meaning, I am reminded of one of my favorite characters from Finding Nemo and her long-standing mantra: "Just Keep Swimming". In the midst of a long, laborious journey involving sharp-toothed sharks, totally radical turtles and a neurotic Papa Fish, Dory, voiced by Ellen, is the emblem of hope. Despite her perpetual forgetfulness and lack of "withitness" (a term coined by elementary-school teachers), she never gives up during both the good times AND the bad. She does her best to protect herself and possesses an "innate desire to stay". How beautiful. An INNATE DESIRE to STAY.

Whether you are walking, running, working, sleeping or swimming, recall your potential impact. You may not know why you want to stay or what for, but there is a reason. A purpose. A use for you. Maybe you are still struggling with figuring out what's next and want answers NOW. Who wouldn't want to know where they will be tomorrow, in a month, in a year? And more importantly who they will be. But isn't it also exciting to not know? The element of surprise is asked to get out the way when we are solely focused on planning, maintaining, preserving. Time for a change of perspective, my friends

So Why Not (SWN):

*Welcome surprise
*Practice patience
*Enjoy NOW

DIALOGUE THAT I LOVE <3
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Dory: Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you've gotta do?
Marlin: No I don't wanna know.
Dory: [singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.
Marlin: Dory, no singing.
Dory: [continuing] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho. I love to swim. When you want to swim you want to swim.