Thursday, 4 December 2014

Barefoot...under the sky


I always wish that beaches should have a signage reading – “footwear not allowed”, yeah, why not, I feel it is one of the most sacred places on earth. The only place other than temples, where I forget myself.

Where do I begin with, every time I visit a beach, it is like reading a new book, it has an untold story for me. I feel so new like as if all my internal softwares have been updated. Like today is the first day for the rest of my life. The sea can wash the weight of the world from my shoulders.

The clarity of the blue sky and bluer ocean engulfs all my confusions. The sound of the waves, the feel of the water at my feet, is one of the best moments I have had in life. The complex ocean soothes me. I feel close to Einstein’s word here-

Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony,
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

I feel this, everytime I get lost and find myself in the sands of the beach. I loose myself to the vastness of the ocean, I feel timid and lost in front of it yet I find peace, I find myself. I never get tired of the endless blue sky and the blue ocean, they teach me each time that I am a significant small. The untiring waves tell me, you are searching so hard, you have lost yourself, move on, some things never change. I make life decisions at the beach.

I had once read- the cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears or the sea. Later life taught me; sometimes it is the combination of the three. It is the best place to de-stress, unwind and to get lost. When I am mad at something or in distress, the only thing that runs in my mind is – I want the ocean right now and trust me, it works.

Be it watching the sunrise, or reading a book, for catching up with a friend or just to awaken my soul, it is the sea. I wonder how is that, in spite of the action of the waves and the roars of the sea, I find calm here, I find no answers.

My life lesson – when feeling blue, go to where the blue sky meets the blue sea.
(PS- go barefoot <3 <3…)




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