"Whatever Floats Your Boat" by Dr. Dinar 8-30-2020

Thank you Dr. Dinar

Whatever Floats Your Boat by Dr. Dinar

8-30-2020

So, here we are, nearing the end of June, summer just starting and... oh wait, hang on a second, this is July.

What!?! No, it's the end of August.

Almost Labor Day weekend.

The "unofficial" end of summer.

How can that be!?!

What happened to June & July?

What about all those promises of never getting to summer without seeing the release of the GCR.?

Yet here we sit, nearing the end of another summer, and still no sign of the release being released.

Not yet anyway.

How could we have floated right through an entire season and seemingly gotten nowhere.

That's quite a bit of water under the bridge.

More than too much to swallow.

Apparently I'm drowning in Dinarland and due to a severe lack of oxygen, I've been too lightheaded to even realize it.

Am I focusing too much on the RV/GCR?

Possibly. Okay, maybably. Yeah, probably.

But then again, who's to say how much is too much.

I have a few family members & friends that, for better or worse, decided to take the plunge when I first mentioned this whole RV thing but not one of them have signed up for the three hour tour to the depth that I have.

Matter of fact, while some decided to jump ship, most have chosen to remain onboard, simply choosing to tune out.

Deciding to wait for me to send the disembark signal.

Letting them know that the coast is clear, the seagull has sung, and that it's finally time to leave their bunk.

And while I sometimes struggle with it, wondering how they can remain so tuned out to the whole thing, on the other hand, I often find myself admiring their passive perspective.

Envious of their ability to just let it slide.

Somehow they're able to put the whole RV/GCR thing over in the whatever happens... whenever it happens pile and forget about it.

Living their lives as if the GCR doesn't exist.

Then there's me.

Continually working towards my GCR PHD.

Full on immersed in this thing.

Wetsuit, tanks, weight belt, mask, snorkel, big ol' swim fins, Fauxlex dive watch, you name it.

If it's GCR related, I'm wearin' it.

Without a doubt, I'm in deep, in it to win it.

I simply can't help it, needing to be as educated as possible about this whole thing.

Not only because I want to be prepared to the Nth degree for my exchange appointment but I'm one of those people that likes to know what makes things tick.

How they work behind the scenes.

What makes them "go".

Or in this case, not go.

Deeply digging for the nuggets of truth that are floating out there somewhere.

Unfortunately, the closer we get (and in spite of all we can't see, I firmly believe we are getting closer with every passing day), it's getting increasingly more and more difficult to find much of anything we can firmly rely on as being factual.

Now, is that because I've heard it all a thousand times over the past decade plus.

Or is it more because there is no visible proof of any of it actually happening.

That's a question that, despite his amazing depth of knowledge of all things going on below the surface, even the great Jacques Cousteau would have had trouble answering.

And that got me to thinking.

You know that feeling you get as you're floating in a lake, down a river, out in the ocean, anywhere where you're floating on top of the water?

Well, you're well aware there are lots of things going on under the surface.

None of which you can see.

Most of which you don't really want to know about, yet you know they're going on anyway.

Perhaps this RV/GCR thing is the very same way.

Maybe all those things we constantly hear about, things that are rumored to be happening behind the scenes, really are going on.

The water being far too murky for us to see them.

It isn't until we approach the shore, jumping ship as it were, that our feet touch bottom.

And it's at that exact moment we instantly realize that there truly are things going on under the surface.

Gooey, gushy things that instantly send a super squirmy feeling up our spines.

As those things come oozing out from under our feet and in between our toes, the reality of what's happening down below becomes impossible to ignore.

Which in turn speeds up our pace, as well as our heart rate, causing us to quicken our pace as we quickly speed to shore.

And that is what I hope is happening with the whole RV/GCR thing.

I'm hoping that the closer we get to the release, the closer they are to dealing with the last of the squishy stuff between their toes and they're nearing the eelgrass on the very edge of the release.

If they're still stuck in the squishy stuff, let's hope that's enough to freak 'em out and cause them to pick up the pace.

The one thing we do know is that we're all in this together, heading downstream towards the shore.

Just continue to do whatever it is you need to do to keep your boat afloat and don't allow anyone to poke a hole in your dreams.

I'm not giving up the ship anytime soon and I certainly hope you won't either.

Kindly,

Dr. Dinar

Disclaimer; I'm not a Wealth Manager, Financial Advisor, CPA, Tax Attorney, RV/GCR Committee member, nor in any way connected with the Dinarafters Association of America. I'm simply someone that chooses to believe in the power of positive thinking and on the odd chance this thing truly is real, I want to make sure I'm there at the finish line to enjoy it.

Personal Note: *I'd also like to send a special Thank You to "CH" for taking the time to send a wonderful bit of inspiration my way. While I must admit my posts do help me in being able to vent a little (hopefully in a humorous way that others can relate to), my main goal is to help others see that they're not alone on this far too excruciatingly slow and exceedingly long, needlessly drawn out journey. And that we all struggle a bit from time to time. But in the end, we'll all reach the shore as one.