"What does it mean to charge?"

Imagine you are out surfing and its 2-3 ft or 6-8 Hawaiian (whatever is your comfort zone)and there are wave safter waves of shreddable waves...there's no fear whatosoever, your comfortable, y and an ouve been in this position many times before......your just cruising. All of a sudden you look to the horizon and you can tell that suddenly the swell has picked up, or maybe its just a rogue wave, and its a solid 6 ft Hawaiian macker (its just bigger than anything you have ever been on) and its going straight for you...What would you do?
First, you know its not going to kill you, the worst thing that could happen is that you are going to get a healthy pounding, do a few mcspins, a mctwisty or two, and at worst kissy kiss with a litte reef action............do you turn around and start paddling to shore, planning on the white water hitting you and pushing you inside?, or do you say to yourself, this could be the biggest wave of my life and I just might get the most insane drop?.....Well its a new for you cause you had read this blog just prior to paddling out, so you paddle like a banshee for that gnarly set wave and you are trembling, your heart is racing, you turn, take a couple deep paddles and drop down the face, do a huge bottom turn and pull in...your'e in the green room now, looking though heavens window....the spit hits you in the back and you fire out over the back of the wave.....This is "charging" or another scenario: you paddle and turn and make the drop and the thick lip just blows you up and you take the worst beating you've ever had so far in your surfing experience....This is "charging" ......Either the way, the beauty of your charge has done in a brief second things to your soul....to your life........here are some of the immediate benefits...1) you survived. So from now on, you know you can survive and now your innate fear has been decreased...your one step closer to utopia......2) you limits have been broadened, you have grown, you have challenged yourself, its a moment for pride....3) the best of all, you are STRONGER....you now know that you can believe in yourself a little more......it has nothing to do with success or failure...you have pushed your limits........ Well this is when you are defined as "charging" or not....a Charger or a non-charger...note, no caps on the non-charger..it doesn't deserve it....
Lets make one thing clear, charging is not reckless abandon, or risky behavior...thats called barging...don't barge....charging is taking calculated risks that aren't life threatening, might involve a little pain, but have much to gain........its about taking your typical limits, and challenging yourself.....maybe trying a different church, maybe listening to different music, maybe telling someone what you really have felt for a long time, but were too scared to say it for fear of...oh my God, "rejection!" its just about living, not limiting yourself to the safety of "I know exactly how this could play out" cause that is never the case........More on charging later....