Now a title like that coming from me could mean a hundred different things. I’m sure a few of you are like wooah Jennie Boo, where you headin with this one? Well for the purposes of this blog post I am referring to a lyric from a song I posted a long time ago by Natasha Beddingfield, Unwritten. (I’ll pause for a momentary sigh of relief from some of you..)
When I first posted the song it was about having a theme song. I have a ton of theme songs, but Unwritten is always right up there close to the top of the list every time. If you aren’t familiar with the song, it’s time you get familiar with it. The reason I have chosen to mention it again is because these past couple of weeks I’ve been doing a lot of thinking..about tubing.
Not the kind of tubing where you sit on an intertube with a big group of your friends and coolers and float down a river. I’m talking about real tubing, being pulled by a boat and praying that you don’t loose your bottoms if you let go.
Yea..that kind. I remember when I was little, even 7 years ago compared to 5 years ago, I wasn’t afraid to get on the tube with friends or by myself (although it was a well known fact I couldn’t hold the thing down solo) and get out there to take a ride. Of course I wanted the biggest waves and bumps and would scream and laugh till I lost my voice from flying 5 feet up in the air and getting pumbled in the water.
But that’s just it – I wasn’t scared. I didn’t stop to think, oh no I could break my arm or what if I swallow too much water or even what in the world am I going to do if I loose my bottoms?! The only thing I was concerned with is that one moment, my love of life..and releasing any and all inhibitions and just ……….just living.
I miss those days. I truly do miss those days sometimes. Yes it is good to have a few apprehensions here and there but there is a big difference in being sensible and responsible as opposed to being out-right paranoid and over-analyzing a situation.
When I catch myself in those times, making excuses because of too many “what if’s,” I try to remember back to my tubing days and just go for it, release my fears and inhibitions and just go.
Besides – it’s good to get a mouth full of lake / river water every now and then, and we’ve all lost our bottoms at some point..right?!
