Your heart knows how to swim:

How to take deep breaths and hold it while you are submerged,

How to flow with the wild, tumultuous surf and not to fight it,

To stay calm and let it carry you to safety.

Your heart knows how to swim:

How to take long, strong strokes and pull yourself to your destination,

How to float when you are tired so as not to get exhausted,

To conserve your energy for the long haul.

Your heart knows how to swim:

How to dive deep down under and leap up joyfully,

How to respect the endless currents and threatening undertow,

To navigate the dangers that lurk below.

Your heart knows how to swim:

It is large enough to hold all of your joys and all of your sorrows,

Courageous enough to discover the wisdom hiding beneath your wounds—

Willing to swim with you, day in and day out, no matter the forecast.