Describe a smell, a sight, and a taste that made an impression on you this week.
Picture this:
It’s 85 and stunningly sunny. Clouds, or wisps of, rather, streak the sky.
As far as the eye can see, the Gulf of Mexico. Quite wild today – there are double red flags. But, that does not stop the wandering, golden hair girl from running with careless abandon straight into the green-tinged water, light feet sending sand flying behind her.
And then, you are the girl.
Floating, with arms, legs, stretched wide. One second, peace – the worries dissipate, carried outward by gentle waves. Then, rough, crashing around you.
S p u t t e r i n g.
But – one second more. Hold onto, and enter into the serenity the water provides.
Lest you be swept away, you emerge from the waves, saltwater dripping in rivulets off your body, into your eyes, nose, and mouth. The world careens and is slightly topsy turvy as you seek to reclaim the legs the tumultuous water stole from you.
But what’s more liberating than anything else is the slightly tangy smell of your sweat, mixed with touches of ocean saltiness and the cloying ‘beach’ essence of your now-needing-to-be-replaced Hawaiian Tropic Sheer {coconut} sunscreen.
And as you stumble up the sand toward your towel, your book, bask in the utter happiness and remarkable freedom found by embracing the authentic desire to remain
a wild child at heart.
And when you realize letting go is not giving up on you, or others, but is merely a move toward your own freedom and self-love,
revel in the opportunity that awaits.
5/23/21
ON HAPPINESS 