Each morning this week after our walk and swim I have been meditating.
Today as I sat on a rock and looked out at the clear blue sea, to the horizon these words formed.
Meditating sitting on
the sun warmed rock
At the place I call paradise
My feet resting
on the warm white sand
Listening to the sound of the sea
I feel connected to the earth
To my soul
To my very being
(C) Suzie Cheel
How do you find you way to reconnect?
Image: Suzie Cheel
glad you like what
I have been writing— think I like these —what Des calls
little Haikus
What’s your experience of writing with so few words?
Image: Suzie Cheel
I have been working on getting clarity about various aspects of my life and find my morning beach walk a good place to reflect.
Today I am following Liz’s 25 word writing exercise for this weeks beach notes:
There are times when the sea
is so clear
you can see
the shoals of fish
twist and turn
other times you
must imagine them.
Are there times when something is crystal clear one day and the next day the clarity is a little foggy?
Picture1 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/devos/2865358754/
Our southern hemisphere spring has come late this year,
The purple flowers of the jacaranda tree are just emerging
The winds of August still blow this October
Yesterday I took my first plunge into the salty sea
I shivered as the cool water touched my skin.
Then I dived into the clear blue sea and swam
I emerged feeling alive and reenergised
The healing power of the sea.
What is your response to the energy around you?
Each day when Des & I walk on the beach we have a habit of touching the rock at one end of the beach.
and the other.
We started this daily habit not long after we started walking on this beach 4 years ago. We noticed the resident patriarch of the morning beach walk tribe, Frank touching the rock. We learnt it was an unwritten rule, so we followed suit.
A guest staying with us last year observing this ritual asked: ââ¬ÅWhat happens if you don’t touch the rock?ââ¬Â
Well nothing happens!
By touching the rock at both ends it is a way of ensuring that we have completed the full distance. without having to think about it.
I recently thought about how I might apply this to other areas of my life to get more completed efficiently. In other words have some kind of simple ritual to help me complete one task before moving to another. I am not sure how that fits with multitasking, but I am working on it.
ââ¬ÅWhat’s your equivalent of touching the rock?
Today’s beach notes has a new twist:
Idea and image by Suzie and the verse by Des Walsh
Yesterday as we were walking on the beach, earlier than usual I saw this perfect line of single footsteps and thought that would be great for beach notes. I sometimes get impatient taking one step at a time. As Des says ” You are not a kangaroo”!
Des then penned these words:
To go one step at a time
We try too often
To rush the process
We stumble
When will we learn?
Step by step works.
I know when I take one step and follow through things flow. I am learning:)