Jul17
Nature Secrets…
Only the Good Friday is hosted by the eclectic, but multi-talented Shelly.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A few days ago I took a walk along the beach in the early morning. It was foggy and misty, and at the end of the walk there was a cove at low tide with an amazing array of starfish. The total walk was about five miles and I returned cold, wet, and angry at myself for not bringing my camera.
Yesterday, I looked at the tide schedule and at just before low tide took a return walk to the same place with my camera. It was sunny, but there was a headwind as I walked toward the cove. My silent hope prayer was that I would see the starfish again and be able to photograph them. There weren’t as many, but I found a small collection just as the tide was coming in. (My feet got wet!) It was a small request, but I feel that God (or the universe) had honored my prayer and I felt a happy presence of being one with the natural world.
Tired but happy, I had a simple dinner of fruit, cheese, Kashi garlic crackers, and of course red wine. Afterwards, I took a well-deserved soak in the hot tub, had a shower, and drifted off to sleep with Cali at my feet. My life has never been exactly “what I planned,” but still I know it is blessed in many ways.
Today I’m off to Tillamook to have my propane tank recertified, and return to Lincoln City for the evening. I may “go for” the seafood buffet at the casino – crab legs are calling my name! 
I’ll never forget the words of an unconventional Catholic priest (Father Keith Hosey) who was the former director of John XXIII Center in Hartford City, Indiana – “There are blessings all around if only we have eyes to see.”
5 Comments »Journal, Only the Good Friday, Spirituality
Girl, the starfish are wonderful! It sounds like you are enjoying your solitude, and finding a bit of peace. I hope so. Lord knows you deserve it after what you’ve been through lately. Have the “eyes to see” the blessings.
Hugs to you.
the priest is right…..and we just don’t know what is going to be a blessing….you are on the right path…….
I’ve never seen a starfish like that – beautiful. I don’t think any of us have the lives we planned. Which is many ways is a good thing!
Ohhhhhhhhhh…I’m so with ya on this one! I want so badly for things to go my way in life. However, they never have. I just keep on moving forward even when I’m going backwards. Sometimes I wonder what life is really all about and if happiness is forever. I know it is not. It comes and goes.
I hear you on life not being as we planned, but I say we just roll with it!
Those starfish are incredible!