Cartoon (life considered): letting go

Posted by Guy Downes on March 8, 2010 under Cartoons | Be the First to Comment

A great mate of mine and a former colleague, David Sims, has a great turn of phrase. Maybe it’s because he’s Californian. He’s equally good at putting words eloquently onto paper. I should know – I spent just shy of 5 years sitting next to him day-in-day-out at Weber Shandwick Technologies and then Howorth, hearing him skillfully work the phone, craft documents and chat with colleagues and clients. Over a beer recently, he dropped the words ‘letting go of the side of the pool’ into conversation. I forget the context but the visual metaphor really got into my head.

Whatever we face, love, fear, want, aim for or hope for, there is always a point where we’ve got to ‘let go’ and get moving. If we don’t, nothing changes or happens – no matter how easy or hard it maybe.