I love to talk. I want to be a good listener, but I know I am not always. I am not good with silence. Unless I am just too tired to talk. Or am so close to someone I can truly just appreciate the sound of their heart beating. I need noise. As the oldest of six kids there has always been noise around me. While I am fortunate enough to have my own room I destroy the opportunity of a quiet haven with my pet parakeets. They sing, a lot. Granted they take time for food and sleep and are not always chirping away but most of the time they are making noise.
When can I be at peace with myself, and my thoughts, or the lack there of just enjoying "just being", its simple, there is only one place and one time that I am completely relaxed and at peace without trying to make any noise. That place is the beach because I have the constant sound of the crashing waves. The ocean - it is my peace. It is the only place where I have mastered just being. The only time I can truly commit to a long walk or jog even, or just sitting or laying, just being. It is also one of my favorite places to be with family and friends. Not even just in summer because of my fair skin I truly appreciate the ocean in all seasons. Since during every season other than summer I do not have to worry about a sunburn.
Recognizing what the ocean offers me this coming new year my one true goal will be to give myself more time by the water. Because it is where I can just be and put everything else into perspective without having to over think but just by being it is where I shall be conscious of being more. Wow, all this from the girl that always hated philosophy :P go figure!
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The thing about Oceans, like heavy rains, is that they tend to dampen the external distractions and bring the mind to 'here & now'. The sheer expanse of sea is soothing :)
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