Friend to None, Mother to All - A Love Letter to the Sea

There is something pure and magical, wild and untameable, terrifying, inviting, mysterious and secretive when you look out to sea.

She is comforting yet exciting in equal measure, her hidden depths holding endless secrets and stories that draw you into her world, curious and desperately thirsty for a deeper understanding of those vast bodies of water that cover such a huge portion of this spinning globe we call earth.

Her moods are legion, her temperament passionate and explosive. Her abyss filled with untold dangers and exquisite beauty.

She is friend to none and mother to all.

I am yet to meet someone who is not drawn to the sea in some way.

For me, she is a source of incredible comfort and wonder.

My home is looking out to sea. The sound of the waves and the smell of the beach soothes my soul inexplicably.

No matter what time of year it is, I am drawn to the beach.

The feel of the sand between my toes and the biting chill of the water as it washes over my feet, quietening the noise in my brain and creating an almost meditative state that hears only the sound of her undulating waves and the call of the birds flying overhead.

Her beauty is immeasurable, continuously changing dependant on the time of the day, the time of the month or the time of the year.

She is unpredicatable at best, wild, raw and turbulent at her worst.

She takes no prisoners and is unforgiving in her rage, but with that rage comes exquisite and bewitching beauty that draws you in and surges through your soul.

As a species, we have plundered her bounties indiscriminately, and in doing so, we are destroying one of our most valuable and beautiful resources.

Look out to sea.

Hold your breath.

Feel the spray on your skin.

Close your eyes.

Breathe in deeply, drawing in the essence of nature.

The wild, untamed majesty that draws you in.

Feel the water flow over your feet,

A chill running through you,

The stark reminder that you are alive.

Crunch your toes in the sand,

Bare, grainy, texture, waking up the life energy flowing within you.

Look past the horizon to the possibilities of your life.

Untold, unimaginable potential riding on the waves of courage.

Of fearlesness, of audacity and endurance.

Open yourself up to the vast power that she wields,

The strength that she possesses and would gladly share.

The connection to your soul that she has.

Look inward, embrace the magic.

See the Universe and everything it wants for you.

Breathe in the truth of existence.

Understand who you are and what you can truly become.

Ride the waves.

Surrender to the possibilities.

Soar into your future.

Until next time.............