As the saying goes, “Whatever floats your boat.” If your boat isn’t floating you’ll end up sinking into a miserable human being. So find what will keep you afloat. For some adrenaline junkies it’s jumping off a cliff in a wing suit. At the other end of the scale is the guy who’s idea of living on the edge is shredding stapled paper while wearing a tie. But, you’ll need more than an adrenaline rush to keep you above the surface. Truth be told I’m not sure what the hell floats my boat. Sometimes I’m in a float tube in the Atlantic during the Perfect Storm holding a lightning rod in my left hand and a bag of chum in my right. Other times, I’m going 80 mph in a cigarette boat skipping off the tops of the waves wearing Ray Bans and sporting Zinc Oxide on my schnoz while blastin’ .38 Special….straight floatin’ my boat.
This might sound cornier than a tank full of Ethanol but, to me life is about finding out what floats your boat. There’s great weather, hurricanes, calm water, and rough seas on the horizon. Learn and appreciate along the way and before you know it nothing will be able to sink you. It’s not a single thing that’ll keep you seaworthy, but a combination of experiences, lessons, relationships, and perspective that’ll keep you off the ocean floor and basking in the sun.
