My Life Is Like A Kayak

I was Talking to a friend of mine the other day and I was trying to think of an analogy that best described my life. I had been watching videos on YouTube of people kayaking the Narrows in Green River Cove earlier in the day and when I was talking to my friend, inspiration hit me. My life is like a kayak. I am drifting along in smooth waters and everything is going fine and then I hit the rapids. I navigate my way through some of the rapids and I am building up some momentum. Then a big rock in the middle of the river appears from out of nowhere and I get dumped on my head. I start taking in water trying to flip myself back over and then I have to start all over. That is what my life has been like over the past six years. My body and my psyche have taken a beating and right now I just want to get out of the river and put my boat up.