{"id":3433,"date":"2015-10-23T10:56:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healwritenow.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2015-10-23T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T22:39:26","slug":"ocean-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/ocean-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pummeling Isn’t Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another love note for your nervous system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every morning I take Ella Belle (E.B. White) to the beach to romp and play. She’s a year old. If I don’t tire her out she won’t sleep or rest which means I can’t sit and write.<\/p>\n

The beach makes us both happy.<\/p>\n

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The wind intense.<\/p>\n

The air cold.<\/p>\n

The ocean loud.<\/p>\n

It’s not personal<\/em> I kept thinking the way it’s pummeling the shore.<\/p>\n

It’s not personal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just yesterday it was quiet and still and warm.<\/p>\n

\"WP_20151022_003\"I was sweating.<\/p>\n

Now, the rocks are being rearranged by raging cold waters pushing in hard and fast.<\/p>\n

The rocks a rain stick turned over on the sand.<\/p>\n

There’s sea weed and wind whipping at feet.<\/p>\n

Rough and energetic.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This beach is being pummeled.<\/p>\n

It’s not personal<\/em> I kept thinking.<\/p>\n

It’s not personal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Which doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.<\/p>\n

Or that the place to place the feet is not unearthed.<\/p>\n

Shells, boats and even lives get wrecked.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s just today I know the\u00a0sand isn’t being punished and the waves aren’t exacting revenge.<\/p>\n

The wind isn’t being mean.<\/p>\n

Mother Nature\u00a0can bring a storm,\u00a0drenching souls\u00a0in wet and cold.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But also this.<\/p>\n

The waves that pulled\u00a0me in<\/p>\n

turned me over,\u00a0held me<\/p>\n

up.<\/p>\n

On nature’s water bed<\/p>\n

I could float, naked,<\/p>\n

backside down<\/p>\n

and face up<\/p>\n

drinking air<\/p>\n

or sun<\/p>\n

or prayer.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The tides are just changing.<\/em><\/p>\n

The tides are just changing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seasons too.<\/p>\n

Storms brew and arrive.<\/p>\n

Come in and recede.<\/p>\n

Thank fuck they always pass.<\/p>\n

That can be counted on too.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s not personal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s not personal.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s not personal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Still, my ears are cold.<\/p>\n

The dog wants to fetch.<\/p>\n

I’m not protected enough.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0fingers are icy stiff trying to fetch my dog’s ball.<\/p>\n

I wish I wore mittens<\/p>\n

and had more time…<\/p>\n

But it’s not personal<\/em><\/p>\n

kept washing up<\/p>\n

inside.<\/p>\n

It felt like comfort.<\/p>\n

It felt like truth.<\/p>\n

The pummeling isn’t personal.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s even beautiful.<\/p>\n

Like you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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