Life is Sailing

Noun: a usually marked change; a person, thing, or factor having a major or central role, function, or effect; an adjustment or modification made (as to a product, service, or strategy) in order to adapt or improve

Verb: to turn on or as if on a pivot; to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying something (such as a product, service, or strategy)

~definitions found on Miriam-Webster.com

A cancelled intro to rowing/sculling class, the wrong map directions to take a lighthouse tour, a school bus that blocked my path.  Each of these was a roadblock I encountered today, a roadblock to plans I made.  Frustration creeps in easily as plans are foiled.  However a word persistently whispers in my ear… “pivot.” 

The call to pivot.  To change direction so as to adapt or improve.

There is a destination that calls me, a goal that dances before me.  I see it but cannot aim at it just yet.  It remains in the “no sail zone.”  Pivot… tack… be willing to sail away from the goal in order to get to the goal.

Pivoting teaches us lessons we were not on the lookout for.  It opens doors, introduces people and places.  Life is not one straight line.  It requires us to change directions both for happy and difficult reasons.  Here’s to pivoting with less resistance and more ease, to rolling with the waves of life instead of fighting against them.