The Beach
Well, I had my 4th roadtrip since i landed on American soil... Myrtle beach - South Carolina..
There is something magical about being at the ocean.. the waves seem to crash over your soul and create this intense calm and sense of peace for a brief moment. The smell of the sea and the sound of laughter just infects you and make you feel at one with the world.
I took a long walk on the beach as the sun was setting, the water cool underneath my feet and as the grains of sand massaged my feet with every step, my mind starts to wonder. In an effort to clear my mind and gather my thoughts, the wide openness and beauty that i am surrounded by causes me to think even more... but not in distracted confusion - my thoughts have clarity - uncluttered by everyday life.
I looked at the footprints left behind by people i will never know or ever meet in this life and it made me stand in awe of this thing we call "life".. how we make our mark one day and another day it's washed away by the oceans of time. And at the end of it.. we hope that mark meant something to someone somewhere.
The funny thing about life is that no one can live it for you.. we so easily get swallowed up by the chores, the responsibilities and the "things" we are faced with that we often forget to truly appreciate who we are, what we are here for and embrace our dreams and goals.
As i await the dawning of another birthday - another year of getting older - i really appreciate the fact that i have clearly and deliberately steered clear my whole life of being a reductionist in any form, i have always chosen and strived to elevate my existence to something higher and greater than just me.. than just my world, my knowledge, ambition and thoughts. Infact the older i get, the more i refuse to believe in age.
The world has put such magnified, negative view on age and alot if us buy so heavily into that - that we reduce all our beliefs and the values that make us unique to something i find very insignificant.. Yes time passes and our bodies deteriorate - thats the facts.. but your spirit and your soul and your love for life need not follow suit.
What I am saying is - if you live your life in a pursuit not to impress or to just get by.. but to express yourself, make YOUR mark, live your own way with no apologies, embrace your own soul and not allow someone else to paint anything on the canvass of your life - then you wont have time to worry about getting older because as each year closes and opens, you are renewed, refreshed and on a mission to get the most out of it all.
Otherwise life is just time passing by?
Lyrics of a song go "Feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you, only you can let it in. No one else can speak the words on your lips, drench yourself in words unspoken, live your life with arms wide open. today is where your book begins.. the rest is still unwritten" (Natasha Bedingfield).
I am renewed once again by another experience i have gained, enlarging the corners of myself, extending what i thought i was made of.. life is great!
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