I have been learning swimming for exactly one year.

I have the habit of marking events on my calendar. I still have last year's calendar. A few times, when I was sorting things out, I came across it by accident. I don't know when or why, but turn to the page in August.

It is densely marked with red, black or blue handwriting, which is used to mark some days and record some things. There are records about swimming lessons. It's like keeping a dozen old photos. When you look at them, you can see the mark of a lost time.

On this day a year ago, I didn't know that goggles were necessary tools for swimming, but nose clips and earplugs were unnecessary. Before class, I also carefully consulted the coach about this matter. Then, I applied to return some pairs of nose clips and earplugs I just received, but because I misunderstood what he said, I thought even goggles were dispensable. I didn't return it, but I didn't take it with me.

Before going into the water, the coach asked me to wear goggles. I was confused and said to myself, didn't you say you didn't need them?

I said, "I forgot to bring it. I thought it was unnecessary. "

The coach smiled and said nothing. He went down to the swimming pool, looked around and found goggles for me to wear with someone who was playing with water, maybe his student.

At that time, I was so strange to swimming. Standing in the indoor swimming pool, even in the midsummer afternoon, the water is still cold because there is no heating, and I don't know what to do. I'm still a little nervous, always afraid that I won't learn. Forget it if you can't learn, but obviously, there are really many people who can swim in such a big swimming pool, including many children in primary school. This has increased my study pressure.

Just this past weekend, Mr. Gao said he would take us out to play. Where are you going? He said there was a place called Beishan in Guangxi. There is an open-air water, which is very clear. Many people go there to play and swim. But considering the outdoor environment, he said to bring a swimming ring.

In the pictures he searched, most people in the water were wearing colorful swimming rings. I glanced at the picture and said in a seemingly plain but disdainful tone: Do my skills need swimming rings?

Implication: this is not an insult to my swimming skills!

Although I meant to be a "bragging" joke, I can't completely exaggerate it. I have changed a lot compared with me a year ago. It's like I'm not who I used to be. I became a different person, a brand-new me. The reason for this change, or that I have the confidence to "brag", is because I have been swimming for a year.

I know that many people choose to do a sport, always with all kinds of good wishes, in order to get a healthy body, slim figure, good sleep and so on. At first, I also placed "high hopes" on swimming, including losing a few pounds. The purpose has been achieved. But swimming didn't stop.

One day not long ago, it was a little cloudy, which was one of the days when a typhoon was always said to be coming. It's time to swim. The car was not at home that day, so I needed to walk. I went without hesitation, and on the way, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the raindrops as big as beans fell, which soon turned into heavy rain. I forgot my umbrella before going out, so I had to take shelter from the rain in a building on the side of the road and sit on the clean and comfortable sofa in the lobby on the first floor to play chess with my children. The rain stopped, and then we went swimming.

In summer, many people swim, and many people learn to swim. There are also many people who play with water just to cool off the heat and covet the coolness of water. In the swimming pool, the excitement is like watching an open-air movie.

In such a crowded swimming pool, if necessary, I can still swim across the gap, jump out of the present and meditate while retaining the silence and loneliness when I am alone. Because for me today, swimming is a familiar and effortless thing, just like walking on a familiar path, watching flowers and breathing rich fragrance, which does not affect my brain to think independently about what is in front of me.

In fact, when I swim, I don't expect any profound thinking activities. What I need is a thorough emptying, so that my body, which has been sitting in the room for a long time, can regain its vitality and my active thinking can rest in silence.

In the past year, I spent countless afternoons relaxing while swimming. This will continue.

For me, swimming is not so much a thing as a way of life.

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