OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

[OverIt2007]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

Hey Gurly!

Yeah, the pool use seems to come and go... I have no idea where KTAB is hiding these days, I think he bailed on the crazy chicks, LOL!

Hope your having a good weekend! Im so proud of how well you are doing, and I hope to make you proud of me sometime here real soon too!

P.S. run into any more cute boys in the sauna??:thumbs::bonkers:roud:

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

BUMP FOR YOU KT AND ALL OF US SWIMMERS

:welcome:

Ringing Cedars;870281 wrote: Here's the thread I was referring to:
Just Like a Swimming Pool.
I replied to a post the other day for someone who wanted to stop drinking but they were feeling apprehensive about it...
I told them that now they had dipped their toe in the water, not to be afraid to jump in as there would be many hands waiting to catch them…Well that got me thinking, and I think there is a comparision to be made between all of us here at MWO and a busy day at the local swimming pool…So here goes….
Pretend you are sitting high up in the viewing gallery and as you look down you can see everything…

Lets start at the shallow end, here you have the non-swimmer, the new ones, who are on their first or second visit….they stand there, scared to take their feet off the bottom, frightened to trust in themselves in case they can’t make it and end up drowning…..Some of them don’t realise the lifeguards will rush to help them in any emergency, they forget they can ask the more experienced swimmers for help at any time….For some its all too much as they look towards the deep end of the pool far away in the distance and think “ No I can’t do it, I’ll never be able to swim that far, I’ll be out of my depth “…Completely forgetting that those swimmers they can see in the distance, diving in, swimming and generally having a good time had once stood where they are now, consumed with the same feelings of fear and inadequacy…So some of them go home, never to return…

The ones who stay, a few of them may decide to sit on the side of the pool just long enough to gather their courage to perhaps have another go…And then a well meaning relative or friend may come up and give them a push into the water thinking they are helping…That never works, you have to decide for yourself when you are ready to get into the water and lift your feet off the bottom…So they opt out as well…

The last few who are left, who decided to give it a go, they are the ones who have the confidence to lift their feet, make the first few strokes…Sometimes they don’t quite get it right and disappear under the water for a few seconds, but they bob up again, coughing and spluttering….Another few give up at this stage because they think its getting too difficult and they will never make it…

Then we come to the ones who think its worth another try…They are the ones who realise they can’t do this properly on their own so they ask for and are given help….For some, it will be one to one swimming lessons, for others a pair of water wings or a float will do, but its only until they get used to swimming on their own and it becomes part of there normal routine…

Gradually as time goes on these novice swimmers can be seen swimming further and further down the pool, starting to gain confidence and a belief in themselves that their goal is attainable…Where they once thought “ This is too difficult, I’m going to fail “ they now look back at the shallow end and think “ Why was I so scared?, I can do this “…Then the magic, when they look forward and realise the deep end of the pool is almost within reach….

And then we come to the deep end, here people are diving in from the high board, doing back flips off the side, swimming across the pool underwater, filled with confidence not fear, knowing that what they are able to do now is achievable, with practice, by anyone….After all, don’t forget, they were once standing at the shallow end themselves, scared to take their feet off the bottom….

So if this is your first visit to this swimming pool, and you are standing in the shallow end, frightened and shivering, overwhelmed by it all, look down towards the deep end by all means, but don’t be intimidated by the distance you will have to swim to get there…Enjoy the shallow end, splash around, lift your feet off the bottom now and then, watch your confidence grow, and one day when you reach the deep end you will look back and be amazed at the distance you have travelled……

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

There is no drowning here!! We all have different goals at different levels of achievement.

My personal goal is to stay af for the summer months now. Basically a 90 day challenge to myself. I am 1 week in tonight.

Looking for company........

[techie]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

I'm with you honey. This thread is in need of restoration so this will help.

[Rusty]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

I'll help, too.

I'm up for the challenge. I'll get 1967 to join us in the challenge. Life is better for me AF.

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

Thanks Techie. Need to turn the heat up slightly tonight, it's a bit like fall weather here. Hope Fennel drops by with some refreshments and maybe some of that lovely nag champa she has. )

OI hope you're doing ok with your new regime!

[sk8punk]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

I'll hangout to...it's like fall here too. This has been one strange summer on many levels!

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

Awesome Rusty and Sk8r! It's a big pool! It's Canada tomorrow we can pop off fireworks for our days of sobriety. If enough people jump in we can have fireworks all night long!! (damn- no fireworks in the icons)

Can you fix us up with one Techie??

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

hehe Canada Day*

It definitely has been weird for the past few summers I think. You could rally up a band and spin us some tunes?? I'm not into punk much but I can put ear plugs in.

[sk8punk]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

PyroTechie!!!

[sk8punk]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

You'd be surprised by what I listen to besides punk.

[klind3205]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

I am in with you day 1

[Ringing Cedars]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

sk8punk;899384 wrote: PyroTechie!!!

:H:H:H

Well give us a play there music miester!

Hi Klind! good work on the day 1 and jumping in! :welcome:

[techie]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

Ringing Cedars;899362 wrote: Thanks Techie. Need to turn the heat up slightly tonight, it's a bit like fall weather here. Hope Fennel drops by with some refreshments and maybe some of that lovely nag champa she has. )

OI hope you're doing ok with your new regime!

Ok baby we is rockin now mon. We got us sk8,rusty, and hopefully the one and only 1967! And a hearty welcome to klind too!!!

[sk8punk]

OverIt2007's 30-day Challenge - EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!!!

Geez lets see I like the Stones, CCR, Tom Petty, 60's garage bands, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, 80's stuff....that's all I got off the top of my head. Take your pick. But yes punk is my favorite. Just think of it as really loud and fast rock n roll....