we'll all float on okay

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Growing up in Miami, I loved swimming at the beach.  The water in Miami is so warm and placid, it's like swimming in a tub. But lifeguards would always warn us about rip tides. These fierce currents would come out of the blue and yank you from the shore. Caught off guard, most swimmers would make the mistake of fighting against the water, making them too exhausted to swim back. But the thing with rip tides is if you relax and tread water, you'll eventually carry yourself back to shore. 

And that's how I kinda feel about life too.

We can't avoid life's challenges. But instead of panicking and struggling when confronted with them, maybe we should just keep our head up and go with the flow. I know that's easier said than done. Hello, I fantasize about beheading Dunkin Donut employees. 

But I think we're a lot more buoyant than we think we are. And that everything really does work out in the end. If not, I'm gonna take a cue from the chick in the illustration and drink at sea.

I bet she's drinking cava!