“Ride the Wave, Don’t Fight It” – A Reflection on Mental Performance and Peace

“Ride the Wave, Don’t Fight It” – A Reflection on Mental Performance and Peace

This morning, I listened to Mental Performance Daily—and today’s message from Brian Cain hit home in a way I needed.

He talked about surfing the wave, not fighting it.

That stuck with me.

Surfers don’t resist the ocean. They don’t curse the waves or try to control them. They adjust. When a wave breaks differently than expected, they shift their balance, reposition, and ride what they’ve been given.

That’s the mindset I needed to be reminded of.

Because in life, the waves aren’t always clean and predictable. Sometimes they come in the form of traffic, cancellations, teammates who let you down, coworkers who flip on you, or a family crisis you never saw coming.

And even as a mental performance coach, I’m not immune to frustration.

In fact—frustration often shows up when I try to fight the wave.

But elite performers?

They learn to ride it.

That’s where the peace lives. That’s where peak performance lives.

So today—I’m going to ride the wave I’ve been given.

Maybe it’s a day of addition. Maybe it’s subtraction. Maybe it’s God clearing space in my life for something new.

Either way—I accept the wave. And I ride.

I’ll put my best foot forward.

I’ll lean in.

And I’ll trust the direction the wave takes me.

Let’s ride.