As i swam through the clear water in my favorite lake, i pictured myself gliding through the ocean like a dolphin, cutting through the water and moving with grace. At that moment i realized, why do we freedive? Do i do it for the physical work, or do i do it to find peace down below? Why do we work so hard to frolic underwater? Is it too impress friends, or to explore you bodies potential? Do i dive because i am able, or do i dive with a passion, grasping every second underwater like it might be my last? Really, why do we freedive when we could walk next store and pick up some Scuba gear? Is it the Serenity, or the adventure?
Next time you're diving, ask yourself these questions, i did. I realized... I freedive because there is a world much larger than anyone could imagine beneath me. No matter how many times i dive down, it's not enough to grasp what's below me. Every time i stick my face down into the eternal blue, i struggle to comprehend how my homeland, which is so big, is dwarfed by the land submerged below. If we're still uncovering new land today, are there any limits to what we could find in the depths? We are only 1 planet... who knows how many hundreds, thousands, or millions there may be! Think of how little we know, but yet we still pride ourselves on thick books and novels describing what we think we know. Is "A guide to the Ocean" really a guide, or is it the baby-steps to what lies ahead in the future?
I know now that i don't freedive because i want to set records. I don't freedive because i want to impress my friends. I want to go where few have gone before, and even fewer are willing to go. To me, freediving is peace of mind, a minutes break in between anger and confusion.... a silence like no other in the world. I freedive, because the sea offers so much more to us than a playground, and i want to lead others and show them what we're beginning to understand.
So ask YOURSELF..... why do you freedive?
Next time you're diving, ask yourself these questions, i did. I realized... I freedive because there is a world much larger than anyone could imagine beneath me. No matter how many times i dive down, it's not enough to grasp what's below me. Every time i stick my face down into the eternal blue, i struggle to comprehend how my homeland, which is so big, is dwarfed by the land submerged below. If we're still uncovering new land today, are there any limits to what we could find in the depths? We are only 1 planet... who knows how many hundreds, thousands, or millions there may be! Think of how little we know, but yet we still pride ourselves on thick books and novels describing what we think we know. Is "A guide to the Ocean" really a guide, or is it the baby-steps to what lies ahead in the future?
I know now that i don't freedive because i want to set records. I don't freedive because i want to impress my friends. I want to go where few have gone before, and even fewer are willing to go. To me, freediving is peace of mind, a minutes break in between anger and confusion.... a silence like no other in the world. I freedive, because the sea offers so much more to us than a playground, and i want to lead others and show them what we're beginning to understand.
So ask YOURSELF..... why do you freedive?
