'O' For Ocean

                        

                                                                  Ocean

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. -Jacques Cousteau
Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away. -Sarah Kay






Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  Mark Twain. His words are so true.

“Doesn’t it seem to you,” asked Madame Bovary, “that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal?” -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary







When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. -Rainer Maria Rilke

  Is there anybody who does not love the sea?
 When we are at the beach we have the sun, the sand, the blue sky and the blue ocean , and the  sea breeze: everything is so healing and calming, we feel totally cleansed in our mind, body and  soul.



I simply adore the sea, I love to smell of salty water wafting through the breeze, and the breeze gently messing up my hair, the rhythmic music of the crashing waves: everything kind of brings in a sense of calm and peace within me....



  “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.   Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land,    there is no other life but this.”
~Henry David Thoreau


   “Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

   Life is like sea. We are moving without an end. Nothing stays with us. What remain is just the memories of some people who touched as waves~ Unknown.




  I'am all at sea where no one can bother me.
When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing -just standing and looking at the sea ? 

" Time Stands Still "

Somehow I always, feel the time stands still for me. I never feel rushed for time.


It is such a nice feeling, to have Time by your side always. I always have time for everything, if planned properly we can do a lot of things and still have time to enjoy every little things that come by our way. If we love and respect time it would always be there for us giving us company and standing still with us. I think it is a great feeling.
Time stood still with me as I admired the most beautiful place in the world: Sikkim. It was my wish that I should see the snow capped mountains, and that wish came true during our 25th wedding anniversarry.

Time was there with me as I stood like a crazy woman, wanting my husband to take pictures of me in the famous Times Square in New York



Time came along with me to Central park in New York, and we enjoyed a cool and serene Saturday afternoon there.



We traveled together to see the world famous Niagara Falls, and Time was my guide, taking me to less visited sites there ....

Sikkim

Time was there showing me the awesomenesss of  the snow covered mountains of Sikkim at close range: Oh! it was so beautiful, words fail to describe its beauty



Time was my constant companion, when I visited Spain and Portugal

 He looked on as an indulgent father, when I childishly wanted a picture taken on a moving tram

Time too seemed to be wonder struck to see the Golden Gate Bridge still standing tall and still strong and beautiful

Time was there to see my daughter get married to a nice man, and when tears of happiness come flowing from my eyes he is there to wipe my tears, or sometimes shedding tears of joy with me, thereby giving me company.

 He marveled along with me at the most beautiful places visited by me as if he was seeing it for the first time

Time reminded me, the lines of Rumi read somewhere: not to forget that the earth delights to feel my  bare feet and the wind longs to play with my hair...

He consoled me when I really missed the people I loved the most
He was there when I was terribly sick, all the time pushing me gently to get well and strong.

I am grateful to him for my very existence in this world, finding new things to admire and capture them in my camera, for I no longer take sunrise, sunset, the wonderful clouds, the flowers, and the people surrounding me for granted. I am eternally grateful to Time for always leading me in the right direction.


Well, for me Time has always been a friend, a guide, a mentor, a father all rolled into one.
He has always been there, is always there and would always be there for me.
He is my constant companion, hand in hand we have traveled together, in good times and in bad, never leaving each other's side, even for a second : our bond is strong.
I feel so blessed to have time constantly with me, nurturing me, healing me, encouraging me, changing me, and inspiring me.
Thank you dear time, for I cherish every minute of our togetherness in this great and wonderful journey called Life.



Do you have the same relationship with Time?
I would really love to know .

Ocean Of Abundance

I love the visualization of standing at the sea shore looking out at the vast ocean and knowing that this ocean is the abundance that is available to me....

Rejoice in other's successes, knowing there is plenty for us all. 

There is a natural rhythm and flow of life. Things come, and things go. It is good for, when something goes, it is only to make room for something new and better.

Rejoice in the abundance of being able to awaken each morning and experience a new day. I am glad to be alive, to be healthy, to have friends, and to be creative.

Visualize standing at the sea shore : this ocean is the abundance that is available to all of us. Check your hands and see what sort of container you are holding : is it a mere teaspoon, a glass, a paper cup, a tumbler, a pitcher, a bucket, a wash tub,or maybe a pipeline connected to this ocean of abundance, or maybe your soul?

Compliments are gifts of prosperity: accept them graciously with a smile, and say "thank you", and return it so that the giver feels as though he or she too, has received a gift . Keep the  flow of good going.....

It is interesting to just look around us and see, that no matter how many people are there and no matter what kind of container they have, there is plenty for everyone. We see reality staring at us, and the sea roaring at us loud and clear : you cannot rob another, and they cannot rob you, and in no way can you drain the ocean dry. Isn't it wonderful to have so much abundance?
Why don't we release our jealousy, our inadequacies, our feeling of lack and realize that:

There is plenty for all of us. We don't want someone else's good. We want to have our own good. The ocean seems to say, "your container is your consciousness, and it can always be exchanged for a larger container." The choice is right within each of us.