What is it about the ocean or large bodies of water that have their own currents that draw us, as human beings, to spend large amounts of time indulging in them - either swimming, participating in water sports, or just pondering life’s greatest mysteries while gazing at their liquid wonder? I have to ask this question because I have ALWAYS been drawn to the water. I love it. It has become one with my soul and something is just NOT right when I go prolonged periods of time without being near it and breathing in the ocean air.
This past weekend, the crew took a trip to Virginia Beach, and we really only had a good 4 hours or so to dig our collective toes into the sand and do the dance with ocean waves. Now, we did do some awesome body boarding as well, but in general, we crammed as much quality time between our selves and the salty loveliness that is the Atlantic Ocean as possible. I miss it horribly. It was every grain of sand of loveliness you could possibly imagine. Yeah - there were hoards of tourists and random international people running around in their street clothes, soaking wet, because, quite possibly, it didn’t occur to them to bring shorts or an actual swim suit to the ocean in order to partake in a luscious, salt-filled dip, but that’s just my take on things. I didn’t really mind the 3 year old Afghanistan boy running around in his boxer briefs, soaking wet and getting all saggy butt in public. Hey - to each his own. I was just enjoying writing my name in the sand and taking random snapshots of my victims - and by that I mean family and friends.
I just had to wonder at the powers of the sea. Why are we so fascinated with it’s workings and why don’t we mind getting all nasty, filthy in order to play in its bounties of fun? Do we not think of fish and other creatures that exist in that environment, and by exist, I reference the act of purging little fish bodies of its food and creating new little fish lives and all the bodily functions involved in that. We swim with this stuff - gross - but we still love it. It feels wonderful and it’s relaxing and it is a glorious experience for all…. Enjoy the water while we still have it clean and unpolluted - to a degree.
