fundamentals of swimming...

is swimming as important as it seems? i mean apart from the survival bit; the part where we as humans need to learn it to improve the chances of survival, of the race as a whole, to keep the race going...
i am talking here about the aspect of swimming purely from the point of view of an activity by itself - not leading to any foreseeable material gains. in short, swimming for pleasure. i think swimming is something that each one of us should indulge in for purely the pleasure part of it - unbridled hedonism.
the sad part of it that some of us are totally oblivious to the pleasures of engrossing oneself in one of those absolutely indulgent swims - and sadly only because they have not actually let go of the edge. They have been only making impressions of the swim from afar and are too paranoid of making their first sway into uncharted territory lest it doesn't live up to the expectations. Little do they realise that by ogling at the beautiful water from the edge and staying away from it inspite of realising from the lovely, cool splashes that the swim will be potentially amazing, they are losing out on the best time, place and situation they can have the first swim in...
so before the day comes when swimming will be only with the survival point of view, let us explore the pleasures involved in it, with no restrains, with no worries. the first swim - as anxious it causes one to get, could be the harbinger of a totally new phase in life...
cheers!!!