i awoke early today.
my world has been so fogged in lately.
but today,
this morning.
my sky was blue,
blue like the sea.
the sea.
yes, I thought.
let’s go,
before they all awake.

so I threw my board in the back,
wrapped myself
in the warmth of an old friend,
and headed down to the edge,
“i could see my breath.
swirling in front of me….
like ghosts being set free”.
listening to the perfection of an old Van Morrison song…
it is cold I thought,
yet
I feel so alive.

as I hit the water…
i fully intended to do a few sets..
feel the high & exhilaration of soaring thru the liquid blue.

but instead I just kept paddling
past the break…..
farther & farther i went.
until my arms burned into numbness
i nestled in on my board
laying there
floating
listening to the sounds of life as I know it
feeling the warmth of the days sun
creeping higher & higher…
i gaze up at the
gulls & the pelicans
soaring high above me.
seals & otters frolicking all around
in complete & utter euphoria
amidst their frenzy of fish.
distant waves crashing…
the smell of the sea
it runs through my veins
like a drug for me…
… even when he breaks my trance with
" hey girl….what the hell you doing out there"??!!

he paddles over approaching me,
i say , “close your eyes and just listen”.
in silence we float
side by side
to which he says a few moments later…

“ya, just listen to that, ain’t life grand ".

These two tiny little specks floating,
feeling so much
on this massive bed of blue.

This IS my life I thought…
I am part of it all
this huge magic that surrounds me
that we call life!
and man….

i am so thankful…
to dwell here
in this place
of complete simplicity.
in the full knowledge of how
AMAZING it all is, for just being able…

to breathe
to see
to hear
to taste
to smell
to make love
to dance
to sing

to LOVE.

It is so simple really…

the secret to happiness.