thankful for swimming

Swimming has a way of taking my mind off of everything.
There's something about your face being submerged under water that makes everything else go away. You can't talk to anyone so you're stuck with your own thoughts. Wouldn't that make me more stressed out? Constantly thinking of what i have to do next... who i have to deal with...when i have to go somewhere.

Somehow that all goes away.

When i'm in the pool I focus on swimming. All my other problems seem insignificant. I can deal with them later. Being in the pool every day is like my therapy. Therapy for my body as exercise. And therapy for my mind as an escape.

If i didnt have a pool to escape to every day, I'd easily become overwhelmed with everything in my life. I can go into a practice angry at the world-- and somehow I come out of it calm and relaxed with a new perspective. I don't know how it works.

For this, I am thankful for swimming.