You know the scenario; you’re paddling out when, out of nowhere a huge peak leaps up directly in front of you. There’s nowhere to go, and so you take the best breath you can and just hang on.

Or maybe one moment you are riding high, cruising and slicing water when, suddenly, something goes wrong. Maybe you pearl, maybe the lip jacks up and swats you, and you are instantly down and under.

It is dark and disorienting. Head over heels you go, trying to figure out just how you messed up. You begin to understand what a rag doll must feel like most of the time. You come up gasping for breath, get hold of your board, and press on.

Life is like that too. Sometimes you just don’t know what hit you. I’m really glad that I have Someone to turn to when I’m going through the spin cycle.