A Walk on The Beach

At certain times in our life a walk on the beach might make all the difference in the world.  We are nearest to nature and for some closer to the Buddha energy.  With each step we take we leave a little bit of our troubles to be consumed by the waves as they reside into the ocean.  We commune with nature and at the same time we get in touch with the deepest part of our souls.  I love the beach in the Bahamas because in both there is prestine sand and beautiful open skies.   It is the same in Playa del Carmen in Mexico where you can see your feet in the water when you are inside of it up to your waist.  When I walk into the water that in itself is an experience of releasing and leaving things behind me.  What a wonderful experience it is to feel my toes on the sand and understand that I am alive and in a place of joy.  

A walk on the beach with a friend today elicited many topics of conversation from love to friendship, thinking about the time we met and how we met.  Discussing our individual growth and the things we'd been through.  We admitted that we  both had some intimacy issues and I talked about working on my boundaries, that being the most serious of my self-work.  When we are on the beach it seems as though the natural air brings out the honesty inside of me.  Somehow the beach air and the nature around me open my heart up.  I feel reconnected to my good friend and it feels like she is reconnected to me.  I believe that a lot of our best conversations come when we are out in nature.  Another friend of mine has invited me to go sailing with her and my grandchildren and I am looking forward to that experience with her.  When we are alone with someone we love in a wide open outdoor space we seem to blossom like a butterfly does.  

Tomorrow I leave the Hampton's and I return to my daily routine, my life as I know it.  I am happy to have had the chance to spend some time with friends, eat some incredible food and even dance on the patio next to the  pool just before one friend left back to the city.  I have  had a great time and felt some wonderful feelings of abandonment.  There will be other times to walk on the beach in some place somewhere where I will be.  I must remember what this walk means to me and to hold on to that feeling of freedom.  That feeling of complete surrender when the waves splash in and as they retrieve into the ocean so do my worries, tension or doubts.  Tomorrow I will head back and I will be closer to my daughters and my grandchildren.  I will be closer to a few friends and closer to the bed I am accustomed to sleeping in.  I won't be near a beach but I will be in the home where there is a small lake behind me.  I will hold on to the memories.  I will love and appreciate what I have as much as I love and appreciate where I have been and what I have experienced.  


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