I Hate The Sea.

I hate the sea.

It’s too cold.

It’s too scary.

It’s generally not a place I want to be.

That thought sat in my head for a while.

For years.

Keeping me on dry land.

Keeping me watching from the shores.

Keeping me safe.

But safe is not a good place to be.

So yeah.

Now I’m here.

Some friends dragged me in.

Threw me in what I thought was the deep end.

Ha, really it was fine.

No, it was more than fine.

It was amazing.

Of course it was cold.

Of course it was scary.

But not too cold and not too scary.

It was actually a place I could happily be.

Since then I’ve jumped in the sea, rivers and mountain lakes at every opportunity.

I’ve found a new world.

A new world, just a small step away from where I was.

- Jacob.

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