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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samnell" data-source="post: 4355754" data-attributes="member: 130">"I bet," Jerry smiled, "I grew up in the water and on the beach. My parents got me swimming with a club a few years ago.""The ocean's like... You get out in it and there's no you anymore. You're just like, a part of it. It's a spiritual thing. Changes your life," Jerry averred, reverent. "It's so huge and you're just, nothing. In a good way. It's being part of something bigger than yourself and none of your problems seem so important anymore. Best part is when you have to go, a little piece of it kind of stays inside."Jerry paused for a moment in his limited profundity, but surfing quickly pulled him out of it. "I surfed a forty footer once or twice, but I almost broke my neck on the second one. That's pro range," Jerry smiled at the memory. "I got lucky with sharks. There's been some attacks on my beaches but I never saw one up close except in a tank. Not really their fault a surfer looks like food, but I like my insides on the inside. Actually swam with dolphins, though. There's a cove they like about forty k south of Sydney. Friendly guys, used to people."</blockquote>