By the sea of life.

I always stand by the beach, gazing at the sea in admiration. It is a wonderful teacher. Like anything else in nature it has life, it has moods and it is a mystery just like life is. When life becomes mundane in the sea of life, you feel you just want to get out somewhere in solitude alone with your thoughts so that you can gather yourself up again, the sea never fails to inspire, soothe and heal.

The sea is different early mornings and in the evenings. In the evenings the beach sand has two slopes at two different levels. But in the mornings the waves comes up to the top of the second slope formed by the sand. It is really intriguing to think of it and how the shores too change due to the waves and co-exist. The waves too frolic and spray as they collide against each other. The spray of water after a point of time creates a hazy view. The sea is so unpredictable, so is man. The mind and the sea are alike. The sea with all its moods, I feel has a soothing effect on the soul. My evenings pass by with my observing the sky and sea waves, trying to understand their changes.

The sea is beautiful, dangerous, fascinating, awe inspiring and endless. The ocean as a whole is a calming blue. But as soon as a wave begins to take form, green lifts up underneath it. It  brings  great understanding to my life. I let the wind mess up my hair, bring a chill to my skin and breathe fresh air on my mind. Sometimes that’s all we need—fresh air, and nature around to make you feel weightless. When you look at the horizon have you ever noticed if you look down a hallway or a road, the end seems to come to a smaller point but with the ocean, it’s endless. It’s wide, vast and never-ending.

It reminds me of the possibilities in life—that I should never feel too big or too small. I am me, and I prefer to be just me in this vast wide world of mine.

When mind decides matters of the heart.

"When mind decides matters of the heart," is a caption I read in front of a cardiology clinic. I smiled pondering over it. Is the mind your culprit or the heart? Mind reasons and rationalizes and helps to figure out like a mathematical problem. Why is there a division between matters of the mind and the heart?

Heart is supposed to be a muscle, but that muscle can stop the life of a man of any size. And it is believed that one person is dead only when he becomes brain-dead. But the inherent strength of both heart and brain is enormous. Both are weakened by a sting.

Your heart is a muscle. It has inherent strength that can be made stronger, like every other muscle, by using it. Imagine for a minute that the heart is like a castle, and the drawbridge is the mind. You let in only what is safe for you, and then you never grow. You have to go through all emotional attacks and catapulting letdowns.

I thought of all these when I read that caption outside the cardiology clinic, which set in a whirlpool of thoughts trying to analyze what it meant as far as cardiology is concerned. It is all in the mind is what came to me immediately after reading it. But is everything just in the mind, where the heart is concerned? I really felt it is caption worth prodding over....quite a thought provoking one.

I asked two of my friends this as a question for which I wanted an answer." When mind decides matters of the heart?" One friend said when the heart is mature enough to reason with the mind. Another answer was many a times. The mind does reason with the heart...I felt both have to go hand in hand, lest either the heart or the mind will go for a toss. 

At an age when reasoning has no value and you are head over heels in love, with butterflies in the stomach, may be then the heart never listens to anything or anyone.

Anchoring in mid sea.

I used to gaze at the fishing motor boats returning after a catch during my morning walks to the beach.  But I have never dreamed of going in such a boat, riding over the high waves with an adrenaline rush and the waves spraying all over you. The engine whirled and zoom we went over the high waves making its way away from the sea shore, feeling the strength of the splashing waves as it hit the bottom of the boat with a thud sound. Turning back to the shore, everything looked so far away, and the only sound heard was the engine's roar. It is a beautiful experience the sea waver splashing all over, unwinding from the hectic day to day routine of life, leaving everything behind you on a mute. The solace of the sea is like a balm and tranquil. Clad in a life jacket you can float in the sea or just enjoy sitting in the boat. 

Is there anyone who doesn’t want to meet the horizon on to the sea? It gives a rush of feelings to think of floating in mid sea on dark Turquoise sea water for hours while looking above at azure sky? I am amazed by the splendor of the blue green mid sea, anchoring in the ripples formed by the sea. Staring at the sky made me lost in rapture of miracle. It is a feeling of bliss riding over the waves.

The rides certainly depend on water currents and climatic and tides of the sea. It is common knowledge that the sea is an entity impossible to predict and full of mystery.  The importance of riding with the local fishermen who genuinely understands the ocean from years of fishing, is really an added advantage and they really know where to anchor in safety.

An experience to remember, moments that give simple joy, sitting in the boat just gazing at the sky and sea, watching the ripples reflect the sun like million tiny mirrors, with just the swaying of the boat as if it is rocking you with a sweet lullaby.

A rendezvous with rain at the beach.

Rain awakens my spirits and expressions. The sight, sound and smell of rain always entices me. It is pure bliss to walk in the drizzling rain, the drops falling on my face and making a soft music. As I walked to the beach, I could see few people seated on the low pavement wall running back to their cars and those who were on the sand head towards the small vendors with an umbrella.

The sky was covered with dark billowing clouds and few white fluffy clouds scattered that reminded me of the cartoon character Casper the friendly ghost. I could see those standing near the water edge scramble hurriedly, giving me a strange look. The drizzling rain drops falling around,  I stood on the water edge as the waves came to tickle my toes.  I could see some of them rushing madly for shelter, while others like me enjoyed the rain. Those who have never experienced it, would never understand the unbridled joy of soaking  bare feet in the waves of the sea and the euphoria of getting drenched slowly in the drizzling rain.

The sea was calm and the waves splashed with the sprays hitting my face. The ripples left by the receding waves in the sand fascinated me. I experienced a different aspect of  the beach, an unexpected  rendezvous with rain. It is a beautiful experience getting caught in the rain at the beach. A sudden gush of wind send a shiver inside me, but I was too absorbed in my thoughts, standing in the water with the raindrops falling all over me, to bother about it. It was a wonderful evening by the seaside in the rain, a beautiful experience to remember.

The smell of the sea, the sprinkle and tickle of waves as they kiss your toes; the feel of each grain of sand, the footprints on the sand and the ripples formed by the receding waves warms my heart. There is no better place to be in than along the beautiful sandy beach in the rain with the waves lapping at your feet,  to soothe your soul

Sunset at the beach.

The sea intrigues me, but it also heals me and soothes me in many ways. I love to watch the sunrises as well as the sunsets at the beach.  The sea has a mystery around it just like the mind of a man. The sea last two days looked calm and tranquil but at the same time it looked as if it had receded a bit. After the tsunami the walking distance to the sea water on the sands had been drastically becoming shorter.  The waves behaved in a different manner, making different shapes in the sand.

Water has an amazing influence on the mind, like the waves the mind is enhanced to widen or narrow. The sea draws me to it and never fails to fascinate me. It takes out the worst confusions of my mind and brings out the best. The sea like the mind is peaceful and quiet at times, but sometimes it is stormy and dangerous; like the mind it has a tendency to be polluted. But  everything said and done,  when I stand by the sea digging my toes in the sand, it never fails to soothe the storm raging in my mind.

The sun rising from the sea at the beach is a healing sight. The same way the sunset too. I love to watch the formations of the clouds, when the sun is shrouded by dark clouds. My mind too like the sun was shrouded by a lot of disturbing thoughts that had been plaguing me with the thought that I was at a crossroad where something was eating into me. A rebel like me was not able to shake it off however I tried to.

I was watching the sun shrouded by clouds and at a point of time it looked like the sun was caught in the mouth of a big python. I watched it with a confusing mind and then I saw the clouds slowly changing formations and the sun was below them like a pearl coming out of an oyster. I observed it with an awe and realized that my mind too was at ease. If my mind was disturbed it was because I was allowing it to. Why think of a situation that hasn't come yet? So slowly I walked away from the sea towards the sunset that eased my mind grateful for the time I spent with nature who was always like a mother soothing and healing me.