Weight on/off my shoulders

The experience of weightlessness is a pretty amazing thing. I figure the only time that any person can feel that is when he or she is floating in their mother's womb. The feeling of relaxation, passing time without a care... priceless. The other alternative is fly up to the moon.

I spent the National day weekend up in Malaysia, went scuba diving with some friends. It was a relaxing time away from the hustle and bustle of the world. Sitting by the beach, watching time go by, without a care. The experience of scuba diving was out of this world. Besides the feeling of weightlessness, the visual treat to the underwater world was simply out of this world.

The thing with scuba diving is that there is this huge load that you need to carry, the compressed air that allows you to stay underwater for an extended amount of time. The trips to the dive site usually takes a couple of minutes. We had to gear up, and clamour up the boat, which would then take us to the site. Its at those moments where we agonize over the burden that we carry. But the moment we enter the crystal clear waters, the focus changes to one of relaxation and of awe. Awe of the new world that we enter.

Ironic actually. Its the tank that allows us to enter a new world and yet at the same time, its the tank that gives us that burden to carry. I figure its because of the tank that makes us look forward to the experience under the sea and it's the burden that we carry that makes it all the more worthwhile. And the moment we step off the boat into the water, the instant feeling of weightlessness. Bliss.

We all carry our burdens. We all have them, the responsibilites that are placed on our shoulders and we fight gravity every single day of our lives. But its these heavy weights that give meaning to the rest and relaxing times that we are able to steal from the world. Our personal time away from the world, our weight, our air tank. Don't drown in your world.

Go on and pull me under
Cover me with dreams, yeah
Love me mouth to mouth now
You know I can't resist
'Cause you're the air
That I breathe (BSB)