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June 19, 2006
mother nature is the boss
a fresh new week coming up, full of endless possibilities...wednesday is the summer solstice. i can't believe it's that time of year again, the beginning of summer. summertime has always been a time of playing in nature to its fullest, connecting with friends & making new, a time full of creativity & spontaneity for me. the sun rises early here, 5:30am and sets pretty late, 7:15pm. so the longest day of the year is coming up. we're doing our annual sunset potluck on the beach. we've decided that it's going to be a tradition for us here on the islands. what a better way to spend the longest day of the year, than to connect with people, watching the sunset on the beach?!!
a nice week-end of a couple of surf sessions, being tossed around in the surf. yesterday, was our typical diamond head day. the trade winds have been blowing, so we're constantly paddling against the current. an ocassional kite boarder, or wind surfer, skims past you at high speed on the windy days. yesterday for me, was about being humbled. mother nature was showing me who was boss. i'm perfectly fine with that :) dropping in on a few monster waves, getting thrown off in every direction, my board flying up in the air doing its own acrobatic moves, my bikini falling down and being pulled up over my head at times...there's never a moment when i don't laugh at myself for being humbled.
and the most eye opening, jaw dropping sight yesterday was spotting a tiger shark (at least 10 feet) in the distance skimming by in a wave...just a ways out from where i was. i pulled in all my limbs, layed on my board and just watched it's graceful body glide through the water. the crazy thing is that for a moment in time, i felt at such peace deep within watching it.
and there you have it, mother nature showing us who's boss.
Posted by soul sista' at June 19, 2006 11:38 AM