A New Friend

I made a new friend yesterday and she told me this:

"Remember, that in the middle of a storm you do not need to see where you are going. the tides will carry you. Don't tread water, don't fight to rise above the waves. Just be calm and still...

The storm will carry you to where you need to be once you stop fighting against the tides"

If that isn't my biggest struggle looking back over my whole spiritual journey, i don't know what is. I'm not one to just let the tide take me where it is going to, regardless of how futile it might be to fight it. Hopefully, she will rub off on me a little.

Of course, my friend also sent me a message that ended with this line:

"Joy is right around the corner for you Patrick. I promise."

Like i said, i just met this person yesterday, she has no idea what I'm struggling with, or why this statement sounds so much different to me that it was surely meant by her...