Into the water; I can’t swim

Hmmmm, who is bringing my lack to life light. The answer to this prompt is no. I can’t swim but so can get into the water. Well, it’s not something I am proud of at all. The fact remains that if there’s anything that I have wanted to do so bad is to learn how to swim. It’s an inner desire but maybe I haven’t masters the courage enough or the inner passion that would propel me to do the due even though I feel it’s too late for me to learn to swim.

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I don’t know if there is anything like too late though. Or too old to learn. Well, like I said, I can get into the water. Initially I was so bad with swimming that I don’t even try to get into the water. When I go to the swimming pool, I simply sit at the edge of the pool, put my legs I to the water and enjoy watching others swim. Seemed like just having my leg in the water was enough success for me until one day all of that changed. Well, maybe not a drastic change but something good for starters.

One day a senior colleague of mine took us to the pool for his birthday celebration and I tagged along. Not that I had any plans of getting into the pool. As usual, my plan was to just hang around the pool edge, put my legs into the water and have a good time but that was t going to work for him. So while sitted on the edge of the pool, I was invited to come swim and I said I don’t know how to.

Well, he was kind enough and said he was going to teach me and I summoned the courage to get into the water. While on the shallow edge of the pool, my little swimming lesson began. That was when I had my first swim from one edge of the pool shallow side to the other. I repeated this severally and was excited. Yea, well just for the shallow edge and it never got past that. I don’t even venture to the deep part cos I don’t know how to float on a water without a floater.

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So in a nut shell, that is to say that if I to find myself in the water and would have to swim to safety, with this little skill I learnt, I would definitely not be able to do that cos I don’t even know how to float in the water or sustain myself for long. I can’t say that I know how to swim. The little I learnt is definitely enough to do Justice to me if I am faced with an ordeal that would require me to swim through.

Well, as to what’s stopping me from really learning how to swim, I can’t even say that I know. Maybe because I haven’t put my mind to learn swimming or haven’t considered it as something crucial even though I know it’s an important skill I should acquire. Well thanks to this prompt. I think it just brought my attention to an area of lack and I’d do something about it soonest.

I would have to put learning how to swim at one of the skills so need to acquire in this season cos I know it’s an important part of life. Thank you Hive Learners for this salient opportunity to review my stand on swimming and why I should get the skill.

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