I wanted to do another follow-up post to what my Dad already wrote earlier today. He talked about emotional anchors that hold writers down, and how he disagrees with it. I... I don't quite know. I don't think that it applies JUST to writers- I believe that everyone does have their different struggles, their different anchors... and they shouldn't be seen as something good. Anchors weigh you down and keep you in one place. Life is a gigantic ocean- sometimes calm, sometimes stormy. And if you're forever in the same place.. you can never move forward or progress across the ocean.
The same can be said about life. In this metaphor, our issues, stresses and personal struggles represent our anchor. The more we let these things build up, the larger the anchor gets and the less we are able to progress. I see it in life in people I know- they let their anchor weigh them down until they can't go AT ALL. Then, they often turn to drugs or alcohol when trouble comes around... because their anchor is so heavy that it is actually pulling them under the water. These people don't know what to do with their life anymore- they let stresses trouble them so much that they sink down lower and lower until they are over their heads. They don't know how to let go of the stress weighing them down, so they stay in that same struggle, trying to numb it over with multiple distractions until their fight is over and they drown (metaphorically). There are very few that manage to fix or let go of their troubles and learn to drift again. Another thing that my dad said, that I agree with... is that "going with the flow" is not always the best option. My dad said that it is better to have a set course- otherwise, you end up crashed on the rocks. I agree, to some degree. I think that for important things in life, you should have a set direction... but with littler things, it is sometimes better to let life carry you where it wants to go. Don't drown. Maddie
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