Life Is Sink or Swim

Life is sink or swim.

When you are sinking, nobody is going to dive down and put in all of that extra effort in order to save you. It is easier for people to turn away or pretend they don't see you slowly sinking and drowning in the first place. People who are around you while you are sinking don't want to be dragged down with you, so they leave you to go back to the surface. The longer you are alone without help, the faster you sink. Deeper and deeper you plunge until you no longer can see the surface and there is little hope of ever getting back up.

Sometimes, if you stay at the bottom long enough, you will die. Your body will then float back up to the surface and that is when people will remember you. That is when people will act like they cared. That is when they'll say the miss you. That is when they act torn apart and sad that you are gone forever. The reality is that most of these people turned their backs on you when you started to sink. If they had cared at all they would have helped save you from sinking and drowning. They would have given you the little bit of support you needed to get back up to the surface.

They don't do that because they would have to dive down into the deep water to help you and stay with you as you recover back to the surface. They would rather be happy and unbothered at the surface of the water. Diving down and sticking with you and supporting you all the way back to the top means they have to be in that deep water with you as they help. Life is sink or swim. When you are sinking, people will leave you and head back to the surface. When you are sinking, you end up sinking all on your own.

Agreed. And that's the bad news. The good news, though, is that there are still some good people on the planet. Like here on PC. And they can, with their kindness and love, get us through these sinking spells.

People are selfish jerks, for the most part, in my view. But I have some good ones in my pocket, and all I need to help me survive, is a few.

I completely understand. and I'm there right with you. I've been sinking for years - been drowning at least the past two years! I was barely floating prior to that. could not even remember the last time I was 'swimming' .....