Time to learn how to kick those feet and move those arms. Growing up next to a big lake means you must learn, and child it is time to learn how to swim. No mother is going to let their child lose in rough waters if they do not understand the concept of how to stay afloat. If you cannot swim, you drown, so it is time you learn to swim.
I will go with you, show you the motions. Hold you tight at first, but overtime my grip will loosen and I will not cling so tight. Child, if you want to go out into the world you have to know how to swim. There are rough waters out there and you have to be ready to face them. You have to know how to keep afloat or else, you drown.
It sounds simple, and in theory it is. But life, my child is one big complicated, unknown, uncertain sea we are all trying to navigate. I will not always be there to hold you tight, but I will always be on the shore encouraging you along. Child, you have to learn to swim on your own. You will get the movements down over time; soon it will become second nature. Practice you must, but once you know how you always will, just like the time you learned how to ride a bike.You will fail. It is a part of the process. There will be times you will feel like you are drowning and you may be. Then remember all you must do is kick your feet and move your arms. With those movements you will stop drowning and move forward onto greater shores and big waters.
It is time, my child, to learn how to swim. Time to learn how to navigate.
