A trader seeing and defending patterns amongst randomness is like a child finding faces within the clouds. Both so clear, it is the evanescence of perception that sees to the permanence of deception.
Quote from javaboy:
Surfing...something Ive never really done, but maybe some day....
The huge expanse of ocean does not give a shit whether your little ass is trying to stand up on a board just 6 ft by 2 ft (ok, it's a short board--this is my metaphor). Its just there. No armies arrayed against you, no emotion at all.
It doesn't care what happens to you: wipe out, long ride into the sand, something in between....And will always be there, so you will have plenty of time to learn, if you are patient enough....Gotta look inside yourself to find your own style, gotta keep practicing long hours to get good.
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To get out to the waves you must endure the crashing breakers of the learning curve.
Coughing up water you finally get into the game and wait for a good wave.
To catch the wave you better be patient and be positioned in the right spot.
Then at the right time you go for it.
No fear.
Upon the irresistible force of the sea you rise up and slide down the face of the movement.
Ride it correctly and the exhilaration is intense.
Get greedy and ride too high or too long and she'll kill you on the rocks.
The sea will not cheer your success nor bemoan your death.
The incessant sea moves on.