SEED & SEA

I feel inspired by trees.  They simply are what they are; true to the seed they grew from.  They stand there year after year, quietly living through their seasons of growth; buds, blossoms, and leaves that in the spring are bright green and in autumn turn red, orange, and yellow.  Then they die and fall to the ground, feeding the tree in the barren season and seeding new growth for the next season; quietly and unpretentiously the cycle repeats itself year after year.  They don’t try to impress others or even improve themselves.  They simple are what they are and do what they were created to do.  That inspires me to BE and DO the same.

The ocean is similar.  It simply is what it is.  It’s pretty much the same everyday; the waves roll in, the waves roll out.  On windy and stormy days the waves are higher and faster, but they maintain the same rhythm; roll in, roll out.  The more I watch, the more I adopt its rhythm; in my breathing; in my soul.  I become memorized and soon reach the sense of a deep contemplation and centeredness. I become one with the sea and I am at peace.

For many years I tried to be someone, or do something.  I had this image of who I was supposed to be and what I was suppose to do.  This image was internally imposed by me and externally imposed by the expectations of others.  I failed many times at both.

Now what matters most to me is that I am true to the seed that God planted and desired me to grow into.  I have stopped trying and simply am who I am.