As i looked out the window, the bustling of people to and fro. I felt a click of the slow-mo button. I see everything else moving around me so fast but yet ive only managed a blink. Then the wind howls madly and the rain starts to pour. With a snap of a finger, everything was in play again.
Its hard to swim in the open waters on your own. You have a destination but no clue where the path is because there isnt any path in the open waters. You only have one direction; forward. And like you see in the attempt of doing so there will be a boat floating just by the swimmer with what seem like never-ending words of encouragement. Hats off to the people on the boat; if it werent for them, the swimmer would not have made it on the far side. They do have a part to play for that achievement.
Nevertheless, like the term applies "mind over matter".
The mind is indeed a powerful tool. If you think you're good, then you will be. And vice versa. Thats how anything happen. Love, hate, jealousy, depression, etc. First you feel, then you think. Feelings are temporary. How the feelings stay is entire up to your mind to think it so. Only then it will.