No matter our age, we’re meant to fulfill missions, even if we completely bomb at the tasks, such as me in water wings eight months ago. We know deep down what some of our missions are already. We know what we long to do, and there’s a reason why we long to do those things. We’re supposed to do them; that’s why! The doors are excitedly awaiting the moment we peek through their keyholes to see what adventures await ahead!
This past Saturday, I watched a movie about a junior U.S. rowing team that won the Olympics in Hitler’s German Olympics. The film, directed by George Clooney, thrilled me. And I dreamed of my next lifetime becoming an Olympian, assuming reincarnation exists.
The following day, I had my first swim lesson from a varsity-level swimmer who also coaches, and I couldn’t have been more elated. She was surprised at how well I could swim since I was seeking water wings eight months prior, and she said I had good technique. To my delight, her swim lesson was beyond fabulous.
Due to her coaching, I swam the pool length without stopping, and my front crawl sprints turned out better, stronger, and faster than ever. It was a strange coincidence that her most robust technique is mine: the backstroke. My loved one, who has another varsity swimmer coaching him, coincidentally had his coach’s best stroke the same as his. So, it seems like a sign from God. We will now be in the water for at least three hours a week, and I’ll be watching the Race Club swim YouTube videos on my stationary bike on no-swim days.
The same day as our first swim lesson, the world championship for speed skating was held nearby, and we were thinking of getting tickets to watch the last two races. Incidentally, just before I went swimming, I saw two Asian world champion speed skating competitors who looked larger than life with unbelievable hyper-focus and incredible intensity on their faces. I stared at them for a bit, marveling at their magnificence, wondering if I could one day achieve the same focus. Then I went for my first swim lesson.
I once prayed that a person I care about would see, in the afterlife, what truly is going on politically in this world. I prayed that, in the afterlife, God would show this person a more granular look at the underpinnings of what’s behind a lot of world events. Soon after wishing this, the person became more receptive to my limited political interpretation of world events. I prayed this person would see more of the behind-the-scenes of world events after this lifetime, but it’s unfolding now. The moral is what we wish for down the road begins unfurling immediately! So, wish for it all, as we deserve it, and then watch it manifest at unexpected hyperspeed.
The Olympic movie, the world speed skating championship, the Olympian athletes, the varsity swim coaches, and the three-hour weekly swim commitment all in two days indicate that God’s green light is shining full beam on this mission! Keep wishing larger than life and fantasizing about impossible successes, so the skies open, letting us blast through yet another mission we chose before birth, and which may continue beyond this existence.
