Flippin' Amazing
This entry was posted on 1/22/2010 11:14 PM and is filed under Around the World.
I flipped the ocean off today. I know. We love the ocean and her beauty. But today, I had enough. I was resisting her big time. I have been trying to make peace with her all day. We were told by the captain that these swells we are experiencing are some of the biggest in a very long time. Storms pummel the west coast and we feel it here in the middle of the ocean. A faculty member just came by to chat and I said, "So John, is this rocking getting to you?" And he said, "Yeah, but what the hell, we aren't sinking!" Well, there you go. Someone who has made peace with what is. You know it is probably not so much the rocking that is troubling me, but the resisting of the rocking. When we resist what is,we end up doing things like flipping the ocean off. My finger gesture was followed by a hearty laugh. From me and the ocean. The ocean puts me in my place; makes me small. And my practice becomes breathing. Breathing in gratitude, and breathing it out. I am alive to kiss my daughter on the back deck as an albatross flies overhead. I am alive to see my moon-faced son in a life jacket. And I am alive to be going around the world. Gratitude gives me perspective. We aren't sinking. We are headed to Hilo. Hawaii here we come.
