Selling your soul for certitude
Jun. 30th, 2008 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesIt has been observed that I have a strangely serene calm lately. I guess I'm not one for serenity normally. I think it's the Plan. Because I've handed all my big training decisions until over-the-horizon to the Plan, that whole stressor has gone quiet. The stress of the training itself and the microplanagement still exists, but it's almost as if I've abdicated responsibility to the Good Book.
I wonder if this is what religion feels like? I can see how it might be compelling; this is quite nice.
Must rinse wetsuit. Today opened the book with a sea-swim session with the club: force 4 and lumpy, swimming was like crawling across a ploughed field and every time you found a rhythm, a fat wave hit you in the face. About 1000m of hard going. The buoys are visible on Google Earth!
I wonder if this is what religion feels like? I can see how it might be compelling; this is quite nice.
Must rinse wetsuit. Today opened the book with a sea-swim session with the club: force 4 and lumpy, swimming was like crawling across a ploughed field and every time you found a rhythm, a fat wave hit you in the face. About 1000m of hard going. The buoys are visible on Google Earth!
