Something Beautiful
We live in a world that moves so fast. Everything is measured in mili.. no, microseconds, and nothing is ever fast enough. Its nice to slow down, really slow down and just live at the speed of time. It is amazing when we can slow down long enough to take a walk on a beach, watch the sun sink slowly on the western horizon, listening to the crashing waves and breathing the fresh salty air.
I did just that today. With my kids in tow, we headed to the beach today. It was beautiful. I sat there doing nothing as my kids played in the surf taunting the waves and then running up-beach as the waves came crashing at them. My youngest son stood on a small bluff of sand on the beach, partially silhouetted by the sun, and appeared to be a conductor of a symphony, and it looked like he was commanding the waves to do his bidding raising his hands as wave after wave came in. All the while the others jumped and stomped in the foamy water as it approached and when a real big wave came in they ran for dear life! It was simply amazing.
Photos you ask? I thought about as I sat in the sand higher up and away from the water, but it was as if my bottom had been glued to the sand. Everything was to perfect to spoil with the mechanized memory device known as a camera. It came with us, but I just left it behind in the car.
In retrospect I think it would have been nice to have captured the glee and momentary horror on children’s faces as they played, but at the time all I could muster myself to do was to say “Thank You God”.
Do something beautiful in the near future.
Something Beautiful
P.S. This above photo was taken exactly one month ago on a different beach. I did not know it at the time, but it was taken for today’s post. Funny how things fall in place.
Peace.
