Don’t ask me how I ended up on this ocean clean-up site…but I’m glad I did.
I guess it’s sort of like life. I start out with one idea (or using google to find something) and suddenly I’m somewhere completely different – and – somewhere that has absolutely nothing to do with my initial quest.
Actually, that’s probably the best part about the Internet, and of course, Life.
It would be a rather soul-crushing experience if you always knew where you were going to be next, n’est-ce pas? A little less control combo’d with a lot of serendipity and things can get interesting.
Here in our Ocean World, it really is feeling warmer and the sea lions in front of our house are doing an awful lot of lolling about. They lie on their backs, suspended by the sea, with their noses in the air, the occasional glimpse of their tail and with one flipper up. It looks like they’re lying on an invisible chaise lounge and inspires me to think that flopping on the sofa with a tea, some ginger snaps and a book, might be the most sensible thing I could ever do.
But for now, I’m using this little posting as my warm-up before I head into my Word docs and start up on some stories…which brings me back to the reason I started this post. See what I mean about circuitous routes?
Yes, back to the beginning… The Shoreline Cleanup challenge. Check out the link to it above and sign up. Our sealions and other sea creatures need us to be good citizens.
You are so right about letting go of some control and let things get interesting. Last fall I went for a weekend with some ladies and I was told to” just bring a sleeping bag, whatever, we will figure something out when we get there”. So naturally , I couldn’t let go of my control freak tendencies and spent the whole first day worrying and wondering who was in charge! What is going on! Where are we sleeping tonight! Eventually , I just relaxed and thought, who cares. The result was meeting up with some extraordinary people, who had a rustic guest cabin on an amazing property with giant old cedars and a waterfall and I had a wonderful spiritual experience . I am trying much harder now to just let go and let things happen…. because they do! 🙂
That sounds so cool. It’s nice to hear other experiences that echoe mine. My best trips are ones that have very little booked and planned and somehow just evolve.
Having said that, it is sometimes nice to know you have a room…at least for the first night 🙂