ocean
You are not a stranger here…
You didn’t come into this world, you came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.
Alan Watts
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August Break, Day 15
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Colours of the sea — an abstract view…
…But tired of land, we open ourselves to oceans, tired of time
we give back all that we’ve taken, tired of ourselves
we open ourselves to ourselves at last, sensing the waves
and great abyss of the sea beyond,
the ocean stretching on sand
and the long view on the still sea that leads to another life.
David Whyte
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Weekly photo challenge: The sea
Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave until it gets to shore.
Rumi
Last winter, when we were living on our sailboat, I became quite entranced with a section of the beach on Hutchinson Island, Florida called the Bathtub Reef. The contrast of the craggy coral reef and the smooth, long-exposure waves, really captivated me.
There’s a museum in this spot that is the last remaining House of Refuge along Florida’s Atlantic Coast. Called Gilbert’s Bar House of Refuge, it was a life-saving station staffed by a “keeper,” who, with their families, led solitary lives in order to find, rescue, and minister to those who fell victim to Florida’s treacherous reefs and shoals. It was damaged in two recent hurricanes but has since been fully rebuilt and is well worth a visit today.
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