Second Spy: What do we do now?
First Spy: Start swimming!
Second Spy: I can’t swim!
First Spy: Then start drowning!

— Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Something is going to happen.  You’re going to do something.  What you do can either be what you choose to do, or it can be what you are forced to do.  It’s usually better and easier to ride the top of the wave than to be washed over by it.