If you have paddled a canoe, you know about the serenity that comes from time on the lake. Being one with the paddle, the water, the spectacular creation.
Have you every been down a moving river and come to a calm part of the stream. There are parts of life that are like that? From running the whitewater rapids, to keeping afloat and then in a calm pool. Resting for the next run of speed.
In a canoe you are in control. Paddle and you go, rest and you stop. There may be others floating their boat, but you have your own ship.
And this is on the bucket list… http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/bowron_lk/