"Sweet Spot" by Emily Schultz

The following was the speech that Emily gave at Jon's funeral. This really says it all:

I sat down with Jon a couple of days before he passed away, and asked him some important questions about his life.

I asked him, "What is the most important thing for our kids to know about surfing?".

He said, "To always know where the sweet spot is, to know where to put the pressure. It's a place on the board where by putting the pressure on it, it goes faster, paddling or riding. It's not always in the same place."

And I asked, How can the sweet spot move?"

Jon said, "No wave is the same. It's not always in the same place, it's just a feeling."

Of all of the questions I asked him, this was the most profound. Because the sweet spot is the place we are all searching for in life. Sometimes you may have to work harder, dig deeper, or simply trust your intuition. And sometimes...with just a slight shift of position, you find that it's right there in front of you.

In the end, Jon always found his sweet spot and it was always worth the ride.