Turn to the Sun

  Image from  http://www.lasmareas.com/blog/tag/surfing How we as humans view life is through metaphor. We compare new experiences and new lessons with information that we already know as well as past experiences to gain understanding. So it only makes sense that there is a Surfer metaphor on t he mentality of a surfer. Surfers understand that when they reach the top of a wave they do not make the mistake of  believing that they get to stay up there forever, enjoying the high and won't have to come back down. In fact, they already have anticipated the fall back down. However, each time they reach the top of a wave, they savor every second and ride it as long as they can. But they know that eventually that wave will come crashing down and they will have to fall and maybe even another wave will come crashing down on top of them. And they don't let that fact upset them because a surfer always understands that there are more waves coming, more opportunities. And that's the ex...