The moment my bare feet touch the warm sand my worries drift away like the sun chasing storm clouds over the horizon; Each step carries me further from my troubles and closer to those feelings left suppressed within through the stress and concern of the real world. Here, there is no real world; Here there is simply me, what is within, and my immediate surroundings which help me reach them. It is enough. Right now, it is everything.
The sun warms my back and the cooling breeze caresses my face tempting me this way...No that...It doesn't matter though, no matter which way I decide to go, I will get to my destination eventually because my destination is within me, and my journey, the steps I will take just the conduit.
My mind registers familiar things as I walk; The difference in temperature of the wet sand opposed to the dry, the way the birds wheel overhead calling one another and that driftwood tree where I've spent many hours contemplating and considering weighty matters, and sitting vacant-minded connecting with myself and the world around me. The respite tree I call it, for it offers me respite from society, and from my own mind sometimes.
As I walk the soundtrack plays, an ever-present white-noise that adds a counterpoint to my steps and an essential element to my process. It is music so pure and unadulterated, simple genius. It is, of course, the ocean that offers the soundtrack; The endless motion and movement of nature in its purest form rivalling any music humankind could create.
I walk, apart from society, but so connected with the world that matters and the further I go the closer I become to my central point; That place from which the true me can emerge, and hide if necessary.
I must return to society of course, a small beach-hut in the tree-line isn't my reality just yet, the real world will pull me back. But for a moment, a brief interlude I am alone with the world, I am with myself and I am content.
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I can FEEL what you mean with this - the tree, beached and empty and completely receptive - not expecting anything from you and therefore allowing-enabling you also to become bleached and empty. And yes, your labeling of this as "natural medicine" was perfect.
Listen to @vincentnijman - has has a wise head and an even bigger heart.
Please post again soon.
Hi there and thank you for your kind words.
I can only ever be myself and so I seek to be that; Sometimes I get lost, thanks society, however finding me again is always a valuable and welcome experience; Journey. I most often find something new.
Becoming empty, but for what is truly me, the raw me, is a way to become filled in different ways, emotionally and spiritually. I find I need to make room for that sometimes as I fill up with the often nonsensical things society values. If only that fallen tree knew it was so critical to my well-being. It would charge be by the hour I think.
Thank you for your invitation to post again, I certainly will, and hope not to overstay my welcome.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and please, enjoy your weekend. Thank you also to @vincentnijman, once again. A guiding light.
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No need to apologize. I think you're merely a humble person who writes like a poet and knows how to actually live life and be in the moment.
Beach, sand, bare feet, an ocean soundtrack, being in the now. Natural medicine at its purest.
I like the addition of the word 'yet'. It's very important. I imagine myself in a beach hut in the near future too. For now a house in a tiny village in Portugal will need to make do ;<)
P.S. If I may give some advice, I would use lifestyle and health as the first two tags and throw in mindfulness too. In the Nat Med community we also use mindfullife and mindfulmonday ( the latter is a weekly theme that some people use )
Big hug,
Vincent
Ah ok,I'm sorry, I will use those tags the next time. Rookie mistake. Have a great weekend, take a walk...I know I will be. 🙂
You are a true storyteller, my friend! Can't thank @vincentnijman enough for bringing you with us!
For me, writing is my medicine as well. This entry is so thoughtful; you allowed me to go there with you. And oh how beautiful it is to read how present you are within you as it drives me back to my center as well.
Beautiful. Welcome to the Natural Medicine community. Feel free to say hi in our Discord channel whenever you want.
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Aww thank you so much, I am humbled. I'll admit, there are moments I look at something I've written and feel very pleased with it - I believe it is because I write what I feel more than what I think, although thinking comes into play of course.
I have a process in life that helps to replace the status quo within me. It revolves around playing a movie in my mind of something that makes my heart sing, that walk on the beach above for instance. But not just to see the images; I delve deeper to feel the emotions, smell the salty air, hear the waves, the crunch of sand beneath my feet...And then feel as I did in that very moment. That's the goal - The feeling, not just the memory.
I may be between appointments, sitting in my car, when I do this and I use this technique to reset. It works most of the time and allows me to move forward into the next phase of my day from a position of neutrality at worst, and positivity at best.
The piece I wrote here describes one such moment in a poor fashion, but demonstrates what my minds eye sees when I need to fine centre.
Of course, nothing quite beats the act of walking on that beach...But I can't always do that when enmeshed in the grind of society in the modern day.
Thank you for your kind words. I am grateful and appreciative.
Brilliant - you took me on your journey which was vivid and familiar.
Hi there, thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to review my post. I appreciate it. May you enjoy many journey's of your own. Enjoy your weekend.
The time will come, but even then when you have a recluse it would be nice to have a bridge back that you can cross back to society at any time.
I agree, balance is what we require as it is more fulfilling than excess in only a limited area or concept.
Such beautiful prose that takes me right into that moment with you walking the beach! I start to hear the rhythmic waves and can feel the sand between my toes!
Thank-you for that lovely imagery! And welcome to the Natural Medicine community - this most certainly fits right in!
Hey there, thank you so much for your lovely comment and welcome.
I just say what's inside and hope others feel it, understand it and relate. If not then it's ok too as I write for myself. Hive just gives me somewhere to store it other than in my head.
My thanks and gratitude for your comment, and for taking the time to read my post.