In quiet contemplation by the beach.

Though it is the misty mountains, I love and prefer to be;  the sea always soothes my rebelling mind.

There would have been times in life, where you felt that you need to freeze a moment so that it could stay forever; just before it flew away on an outstretched wings to nowhere. A moment in which you felt your heart full of rich colors of blue, white, pink and a tinge of many other colors- perhaps the color of miracles. A moment of tranquility to a rebelling mind left with a lot of unanswered questions.

With the sun just disappearing behind me, I stood facing the sea in quiet contemplation. The sound, the smell and the caress of the waves evaporated all the tossed up question marks in my mind, lifting my doubt, lightening my heart and emptying my soul of all that was weighing me down. Before me on the wet sand were the forgotten footprints and; the froth and foam of the waves that caressed them. I stood there watching the waves come and go in pure abandonment, wishing that the mind too could reason out with the heart and make things more easy, instead of muddling it up with more obstacles. I could feel the waves tickling my feet, the sand moving away from where I stood and I dug my toes into the sand. I could hear the echoes of happy laughter, and the lost cries of some sulking seagulls. The waves sparkled and tickled by playfully, splashing over me. They seemed happy, calm and gentle; leaving behind their endless potential that could destruct.

My mind that was in a turmoil, seeking answers for a challenge I had taken up, suddenly calmed down at the sight of the calm sea and the playful waves. It was a sudden insight to my endless unanswered questions. All that happens are like the endless potential of the waves. The vast sea was a miracle preserved with intricate beauty, but one that could destruct everything in a state of fury. The sea is full of so many wonders, breathtaking beauty and also hidden secrets kept safe in its depth.  So is the human mind. It is also one that can destroy everything in a state of fury. A calm mind can suddenly swoop down like a tsunami destroying all peace around it and leave all devastated at the change in a flicker, which at that time has no place for any how, what, when, who, why nor any other reasoning left in it.

I  was observing the people stroll along the beach, enjoying the cool breeze, some sitting in a pensive mood, and the children who were happiest dipping their little feet in the cool sea water, letting out squeals of delight as the waves teased them. The sea held me spellbound as I watched the changing colors of the sky and there was a magical touch, created by the dancing waves that shimmered in the twilight. My mind was at peace, surrounded by the miraculous beauty of mother nature and I was filled with a sense of tranquility as I embraced the close of the day, by the beach in quiet contemplation.

" Mind is an ethereal sea, which ebbs and flows, which surges and washes hither and thither, carrying its whole virtue into every creek and inlet which it bathes. To this sea every human house has a water front." Emerson.