I think for everyone there is a place that speaks to your soul. For me that place is the ocean. Being on the beach, watching the vast expanse before me, and listening to the waves I realize how small and, yet, how remarkable I am. My soul feels soothed by the water and the waves. I don't get that feeling anywhere else. I've tried on numerous occasions to duplicate it but alas with no success. I meditate and the place I always picture is the beach - the one I'm at today more often than not.
There have been times when I've come close to this feeling and I try to hold onto them. If I am ever at a loss I drift down to the nearest water - be it a lake, a stream, or a creek. I think somehow my soul knows eventually that same water will make it to the ocean. I have also come close to that feeling in church on more than one occasion but more often than not God speaks to me at the ocean and not in a building. I guess that's why I've always been fascinated with religions that have more outdoor settings.
The song on Colbie Caillat's new album Coco has moved me. It's fitting because I've found someone that speaks to my soul when he holds me tight - it's not always a day at the beach but it's the closest thing I've found.
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For a "Yankee" gal I think you'd make one hell of a southern belle ! You have a very good grasp on the pleasures of life and not letting them pass you by; everything that the south is all about.
Glad you found the ocean to be as I have always known. Now we just have to find you a quiet but not secluded spot to pull it all together. I wish you could have known the Myrtle Beach I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. You'd have really liked it then which is nothing like it is now. 150' wide beaches with dunes and sea oats. If you wanted to eat out you had to go to Murrell's Inlet because there were no other restaurants except a few on the Grand Strand which was mostly mom and pop motels and the Pavillion. The only place to stay was a house on the beach but you could actually see the beach and hear the waves from 2 or 3 rows back.
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