Spiritual Awakening: Finding Recreation!!!
In the early 90’s I taught Canoe and Kayaking at The Pinecrest Day School Summer Camp in Fort Lauderdale, FL. To be able to be on the water all day and be in touch with nature was the beginning of a spiritual awakening for me. As I was reflecting back on the spiritual growth that I experienced that summer I began to look at the word recreation and I broke it down to re creation meaning recreating who you truly are and finding ways to get and stay centered and grounded so that your divinity and shining light is seen by others and just perhaps your new way of looking at things shifts the paradigm of your own spirituality allowing for personal and professional growth.
I have always been drawn to water. Yes that is me 3rd from the left in the front row, when I swam competitively in high school. In my 3 years on the team I had to find ways to recreate myself in order to compete. I wanted to do short course and I had a great quick arm turnover, however GOD wanted me to be a distance swimmer and I changed to do the 500 yard free style and the 1650 yard freestyle. As I change and adapted I got better and better. During training when I was in the water there was a sense of peace that came over me as I started to understand the importance of making the mind, body, soul connection. As a competitive swimmer one had to be disciplined in everything they did from nutrition to practice schedules and of course the academics. On top of it all I had a part time job. I managed as I began to understand that you can do everything you desire if you plan your work and work your plan. I did not know this at the time but this was the start of creating that oneness consciousness with GOD and the beginning of understanding that GOD will provide. I stopped swimming competitively after my sophomore year of college as I realized that GOD had some other plans for me and thus began another re-creation period.