So I sat there looking at the small piece of paper with my fortune.
It read..."Pleasant experiences make life delightful.
Painful experiences lead to growth."
Oh, it's amazing what simple knowledge you can get with a $7.95 dinner entree! I couldn't help but treat myself to some Chinese take out after a dismal swim training session.
It was the worse session of swimming training that I had EVER! I got to the pool and watched for a bit before I selected a lane to swim in. I swear they were all going at a good clip, and it was like choosing the lesser evil. I would be the turtle put among the hares! Ugh! So choose a lane, I must!
I start off with my usual warm up lap of breast stroke. The fellow lane members were passing me like I'm standing still. Ouch! I get to the end of the lap, and one of the gals is standing at the end taking a break. I told her I was sorry and that I just wasn't feeling it tonight. I felt like a snail. She was sweetly encouraging telling me that just to take it at my own pace, it's their responsibility to pass me, and that what counted was that I was here swimming.
So I trudge thru one more lap of the breast stroke, and then do another lap with the floatation thingy between my legs to work on my crawl stroke. I'm slow, and being passed but hanging in there. Then, I take the floatation thingy out and decide to do a lap of crawl.
I get down to the one end, turn around, and get about 30 feet from the other end when disaster strikes. One fellow lane member passes by making quite the waves. I drink water as I go to get a side breath in the stroke. Then another fellow lane member passes close to me right after, and accidentally (I assume) hits me with their arm on my left arm. Screwing up my stroke, and making me PANIC!! OMG!! I ended up doggie paddling the last 10 feet while I was hyperventilating!
I grabbed the pools edge and held on for dear life. All the while trying to think of calming thoughts to slow down my heart and my breathing. I finally managed to pull myself up and sat at the edge of the pool for a bit. I had enough for the night! That's it! I headed to off the shower, and changed. The whole time I was still kind of shaking.
Well, I HAD to treat myself after a swim session like that! So off I went to my favorite Chinese restaurant for some take out. And as I sat their with the fortune in my hand, I thought of how I can make my painful experience lead to growth.
Oh and PS... when I turned over the fortune, there's my lucky numbers which I could possibly play if I lived anywhere but Utah. Then there's the "Learn Chinese" part. The word? Disease (bing). I couldn't help but ask myself who's the sick minded person that comes up with these fortunes?!?! And maybe I missed my "calling"?
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