WHAT’S YOUR 100 FOOT WAVE?
WHAT’S YOUR 100-FOOT WAVE?
There is a documentary on HBO MAX called the 100 Foot Wave and it’s eye-opening on many levels. It takes place mostly in Nazare` Portugal where seasoned surfer Garrett McNamara found the largest waves ever surfed.
When one sees how a set of waves emerge from this part of the world, a total novice like myself is in awe and completely star-struck at how gorgeous, powerful, and dangerous the ocean can be…and who is really in control? I would be so afraid to simply step my foot in the tide thinking it would somehow sweep me out to sea.
Measuring a wave height is challenging since it doesn’t stay still but oceanographers have developed a formula where one can get estimate it’s size. Here in Nazare` with loose calculations the waves are said to peak at over 80 feet!
What makes these big wave surfers feel compelled to try and successfully ride “The One” is a drive to conquer that which they never felt possible.You can sense their angst when they just don’t feel, deep inside, that it’s a good day to attempt such a feat yet tempted. As they stand on the shore feeling they are missing out of the wave of a lifetime they have learned to listen to a message outside of their head…gut feeling. They are allowing vulnerability and transparency.
And then there are times they just know they must try. “This is gonna be THE day” they hear. So with absolute fear reeking from every pour of their body, they allow themselves to be towed into what could be the biggest, the most gnarly, and dangerous wave they have ever ridden.
So the question to myself and to you is what is our 100-foot wave; our biggest challenge where fear keeps us from moving forward from the shoreline and how are we going to navigate any fears that are keeping us from reaching a successful ride in our life.
I know for sure that one of the issues that keeps us from pursuing our dream is our own fear of failure and the more we stay in this place and not act upon it the bigger our wave of fear becomes.
Not many of us are risk-takers, however, a lot of us have found ourselves doing something we never thought possible. Think back to a time when you have been in this situation.
See, you can do it!
If you are like me, I have found that I eventually get to the point when I’m so annoyed with my lack of taking charge that I have no choice but to trust and jump in.
And see, I live to tell my story.
The moral of this story is with life being so short there is no time to sit and wish/hope/desire and not take action on the things we really want to do in our life.
No more being lazy and not taking charge.
Want to go to Europe? Buy a ticket and concern yourself with details later.
Want to clean out the closet? Keep the door to it open.
Want to lose some extra poundage? Throw away the food that has helped you put on weight and start anew!
Want to write your memoir? Pick out a particular time and commit to it. As an example, I worked on my book every Sunday for one year. No morning phone calls avoided any interactions with friends; just me and my writer’s block.
Want to learn to surf? I’d start with an instructor on the beach in Waikiki and not someplace like Nazare`.
Doing something that is not predictable opens a bit of a new world in your brain which is constantly receiving data from the world. Even when you think you are not thinking your mind takes in information by way of your ears, eyes, nose, and skin. I wish it came in actual words however there is a significant process of neurons, etc. that usher new experiences in.
Now the fun begins!
Wishing you many blessings,
Jude Luttrell is an Inspirational Life Coach, Minister, and Meditator for over 40 years, a Graduate of the University of Santa Monica with certifications in Consciousness, Health and Healing, Spiritual Psychology, and Soul Centered Life Coaching, and Author of "Over 40 Fit and Fab. An Empowering Guide Designed to Assist Women in Fulfilling their Fullest Physical, Mental and Spiritual Potential" and a Breast Cancer Survivor'
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