Something You Should Know

 Something you should know is as a kid I took swim lessons. I learned to jump in the water, hold my breath, to tread water, and to of course, swim. I watched my classmates grow into strong and powerful swimmers and learn to swim the length of the pool. To me, the pool was an abyss, and I feared that if I were to ever put my head in the water it would swallow me whole. Perhaps that is when I started to fear the unknown. I didn’t know what would happen if I put my head underwater, and even now in life, I fear the unknown. I’m afraid of what I can’t see in the water.

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