I have always wanted to learn how to swim, I mean for such a life skill, learning it would be of great benefit to me and it could save a life someday.
When my sisters suggested we go swimming, I laughed out really hard. For people who can鈥檛 swim or do not know jack about swimming the audacity for them to want to do it and they said it with so much confidence that you鈥檇 think they are both swimmers. Regardless of us not knowing how to swim, we still decided to give it a shot, but that's life, right? Being spontaneous and living your life one day at a time.
Bags packed, adrenaline pumping, we arrived at the pool. My sister's friend was kind enough to be our unpaid swim instructor.
Going swimming that day was both fun and exhilarating. I can鈥檛 count how many times I called on God鈥檚 name or screamed for help.
I hate to admit it, but I am a little bit scared of water. For someone who is from the riverine part of my country, I failed my people yet again as I am expected to love water and swim effortlessly like a mermaid but too bad most of us were born differently.
Since swimming is a life skill that could save my life or someonelse鈥檚 in the future, I decided to give it a try again after so many failed attempts.
We all laughed, shouted, and made jokes about the whole event.
My sister鈥檚 friend was giving various instructions but we were doing what our brains told us to do馃槀
Our beautiful instructor kept emphasizing the need to accept that the water won鈥檛 harm us. My fragile heart couldn鈥檛 accept that, water is water and it can do and undo, so yeah not a chance!
We all failed woefully at learning the basics of swimming that day, I guess it was a family thing, no DNA required馃槀 we aren鈥檛 proud of ourselves too but then again we had so much fun.
Thankfully this was a new place so they didn鈥檛 have so many customers around so it was easier for us to laugh and embarrass ourselves with fewer people around.
My swimming experience with my sisters is the highlight of my year so far.
We sometimes need to experience things that would shake us really hard and make us laugh uncontrollably. We spend so much time being serious and keeping a strong facade, but sometimes it鈥檚 okay to loosen up and have fun to the fullest, live a little馃グ
Anyways, this is another failed attempt at swimming, maybe the next attempt will be a success but until then I鈥檒l pray and hope I don鈥檛 laugh all through the swimming classes without learning anything.
If you ever feel stressed and you need to unwind, I recommend swimming. Yeah, I can鈥檛 swim but I sure know it helps a lot, don鈥檛 ask me how please馃槀
It was fun recounting this experience with you all. Over to you all; Can you swim? Do you love swimming or you suck at it like me? I鈥檒l love to read your thoughts in the comment section.
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