I grew up thinking my place in this world was a
geographical location, a country, a city. But I have come to believe that the journey is not an outside one, it’s
the journey within
that counts. What I learned on my journey is that life is no linear upward line or a nice round circle. ‘Life is a series of ups and downs’ (Tom Bilyeu), it’s like
a set of waves, sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down.
So, what if you can learn to ‘surf life’, like riding a set of waves?
I don’t think there’s any doubt by now that there is an order in life, or in our Universe. ‘In the movement of the stars and the turning of the earth and the changing of the seasons, and even in
the cycle of human life’ (Katherine Anne Porter). Are there others who believe you can ‘surf life’? I think Lao Tzu already gave a hint with his
Taoism
before he even knew what ‘surfing’ was. Taoism compares life to a river, when we go along with the current, we align ourselves with its natural course. Modern day writers also mention that ‘you can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf’ (John Kabat Zinn). And that ‘when you go with the flow, you’re surfing life force’ (Danielle LaPorte).
To me The Surf of Life is all about creating space for coincidence and letting people come to you, basically to stop trying so hard and just let it become part of the
flow.