The Stillness That Saves You

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There’s something divine about water. It reflects both peace and power, calm yet capable of chaos. But there’s a truth about water that mirrors life perfectly:

Our bodies were made to float.

The only time we drown is when we panic.

When we thrash, fight, and forget what we’re made of, the very water that could have carried us begins to consume us. It’s not the depth that destroys us; it’s the fear.

I’ve learned this not only through my own journey but also through what I wrote about in The Coaches Connect II: A Guide to Navigating Adversity. On the cover, I chose raging waters intentionally. They symbolize the storms that come for us all. Whether it’s heartbreak, betrayal, financial struggle, grief, or the weight of expectations, life has a way of testing how long we can hold our breath.

But here’s the revelation: you don’t have to hold your breath, you have to breathe.
 You have to fill your lungs and let the same air that gives you life help you rise.

Just as water will lift you when you stop fighting, peace will find you when you stop resisting. God placed within us everything we need to stay afloat: faith, resilience, breath. But when our thoughts spiral, our hearts ache, and our fears take the lead, we start to sink beneath emotions we never processed.

I once told a friend, “The feelings you bury alive will always find a way to surface.” You cannot heal what you refuse to feel. Those unprocessed emotions can drown you from the inside out.

Life will always have waves, but waves were never meant to destroy you. They were meant to move you, teach you, and eventually carry you to shore.

When times get challenging, when you feel overwhelmed by the weight of what you’re carrying, remember: there is no challenge too heavy for the power that lies within you. You were designed to endure, equipped to rise, and made to float.

And as Isaiah 43:2 reminds us:

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.”

So breathe. Trust what’s within you. Let the current guide you, and you’ll find that even in the deepest waters, you were never alone. 



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