Riding the wave is the art of living. Life is  the wave—powerful, unpredictable, often indifferent to your plans. God hands you a surfboard. That’s it. The more desperately you try to balance, the quicker you fall. The more you try to fight the wave, the more you waste unnecessary energy. Never try to fight or control the wave. The bigger the wave, the greater the thrill… or the harder the crash. When you learn to surf, you don’t start with thirty-footers. You begin with ripp

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