Returning home part 2
As I floated all alone in the middle of our lake I felt so alive. I felt like there was a new sense of inner peace that has came about within me. My first thought was that everyone needed this experience. Then I thought, wait not everyone deserves this. Finally, I thought ok I guess not everyone deserves this beauty but it would surely help them to see it. I never appreciated the beauty of the outdoors as much as I do now after my accident. In fact, after winter was over I went outside for the first time in a long time just to be there and it was completely surreal. Unfortunately, it is much harder to be outside than to stay inside because it’s uncomfortable for my body. But, swimming in my lake is both comfortable and relatively easy for me now. Also, I have no reason to stay inside with this awesome new concrete path. My friend even said to me he thought we should get outside more when he and our other friends come over. He said “all we do is sit in your basement now” I wa...