CHAPTER 22

Follow the Bubbles

What we’ve been given is precious. It’s majestic in its smallest details and its largest manifestations. Anyone not humbled by the power of the ocean should take a good, long look at a fifty-foot wave. If you don’t have respect for water, it’s only a matter of time before the ocean teaches you to get some. We’re all equal before the wave.

—LAIRD HAMILTON

When we talk about emotional resilience, things can get very muddled and confusing. Feelings are tricky things to nail down. They live in our bodies, sort of vague and formless, and we rarely feel we’re in control of them. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Most days, we’re at the mercy of our emotions. If we “feel good” the day seems to fly by and everything we ...

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