I met my yachting coach today.<\/p>\n
I don’t remember if I blogged about it, so I’ll mention it here. I used to do a lot of sailing back when I was a kid. I never got up to a professional level, but never-the-less I got good enough to participate in a few competitions here and there.<\/p>\n
I almost forgot (until today that is) that yachting was a big part of my life a few years ago. There were summers when I spent entire days in the club.<\/p>\n
It was fun. It was a perfect mix of physical training, water sports, and social life. And, of course, the good part of it all being fun was due to my coach.<\/p>\n
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My father called me the other day saying that my coach is going to stay in Limassol for a few days. He also told me the dates and the name of the hotel.<\/p>\n
It’s been more than 10 years since we saw each other. I was wondering if I would recognize him (probably) and if he would recognize me (probably not). I called him up and we arranged to meet.<\/p>\n
He recognized me alright. I didn’t have any troubles either.<\/p>\n
He’s still the same. He just got a bit older. His moves are a tiny bit slower. But he still looks pretty good. He’s a strong man. And a strong personality. And he still has this huge kind heart which shines through his eyes and gives itself through his voice. He still has the same look in his eyes – it’s like he both sees a kid in me, and like he sees a man that he respects. He always had this respect for all of us – kids in in the club. Maybe that’s why we liked him so much…<\/p>\n
Suddenly, I had this wave<\/strike> tsunami of memories. Nothing particularly stood out. Just a whole bunch of little episodes. Different places, different people, different years even. But all of them had three things in common – they were all around the yachting theme, my coach was always nearby, and all of them were really nice memories – warm and kind.<\/p>\n
I was surprised by myself. As much as I always try to remember the good parts of my life and replay them in my mind once in a while, I had this huge period of time dumped somewhere in the dark corner of my memory.<\/p>\n
I’m glad it came back. There’s plenty of stuff I want to remember…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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