Magic really IS everywhere

I’ve been having lulls.

Lulls are what I call those moments, or days, or weeks, where nothing really energizes or inspires me. Sometimes it feels like I’m going through the motions and not much else.

It happens when I read the news in the morning. I should know better.

It happens when I’m disconnected from myself because I’m filling up the emptiness with busy work that isn’t even productive.

A distraction from the discomfort.

Then…there’s the ocean…calling me.

And Sophie’s at my door barking the invitation to move my body, to go to the water…

PLAY!

Out I go.

I watch the pelicans skimming the waves so very close that I can’t help but wonder how they’re not captured by the ocean’s reach.

They are playing, dancing with the water, until it’s time to…

DIVE!

A fresh fish is their reward.

The bright little red crabs dig themselves out of the sand, making small mounds of their work.

They scatter when we approach.

Sophie plays a game of tag with them….and loses.

They escape under the ground or into a wave victorious and free.

FREEDOM!

I look out on the horizon and see a splash of white breaking the calm, blue between ocean and sky.

A humpback whale has breached the surface spinning high into the air and with all her might comes crashing back into the water, flipping her tail in delight.

Once more she breaches as if there is a secret song she dances to, music played by the water and wind that I have yet to hear.

JOY!

As I walk back I feel lighter and oh so grateful to be part of this landscape, even if I’m only the observer.

But my senses have opened to this place, breathing it in through my pores to nourish my soul.

No more lull.

A simple and joyful calm settles into my heart and body and I return to my writing having been inspired by what has been here along but I had forgotten for a while.