A Walk On The Ocean.

Does living close to the ocean have to be a scary experience? It certainly sounds like it from all the stories we get told. I agree that nothing appeals to anyone who lives close to the shore more than the delight of telling stories and more specifically the delight in telling horrific stories of near miss, life and death situations. Yes, I have tasted some of these scary moments, but there is more to this. In fact the ocean is a peaceful place on the whole. I am happy to have known her. It has shaped and fed my life on how I view the world around me. Most mornings I wake up to clouds. Every day, the sun never fails to rise and set. The tide never fails to come in and go out. The birds never fail to sing each morning. There are some things that will never change (for a few million years at least), which shouldn’t be surprising except that I didn’t realize how much life will go on without me. Of course nothing would stop just for me, but I remember sitting on my favorite rock a ...