and here the view of the other side - this is a vulcanoe, right beyond it you see strings of blue sky, then the low darker cloud, and the higher rose-colored cloud. never seen this kind of sky here before.
after the morning walk, i revisited and time/lines from a previous stay, but they also speak to this time, now and here, and with just some slight adjustments, they are fitting for today:
2 More Days
Two more days on the island. Back home, it's winter now: freezing temperatures, snowrain falling. Still a part of me starts to long for home, while another part would like to stay here another week, read some historic books about the place, about the life during the vulcanoe eruptions in the 17th century, about the people who arrived here, and went away again.
I look
forward to having a proper web connection in the snow. But somehow it fits,
that this far-off island is slower in connection.
It's so
good to be here, in this place of water and stone, fire and wind. it's not the
all-mild and sunny holiday, but one of constantly changing skies. Every day has
a different mood, a different temperature, a different direction of wind, a
different tune of sunrise. So energetic, vivid. And the landscape, the colors
and the light keeps changing every day. Even the strong southern wind on the
first days fitted in, and the way it changed the beach, moved away piles of
sand, brought rocks to the surface.
And it’s
good we have come for more than just a week. It makes a difference: the space
of time, after all the rush of the last weeks, the long hours of work. It’s
almost shocking to have this free time now, to walk along the bay, without the
next thing to do waiting already.
I also
thought that I would write more, blog more, mail more – but I guess I really
needed this break of just being in a place.
A thought I
had in the last days: that I might change my rhythm when I am returning. With
my own projects and the freelance work, especially with the ongoing online
projects .. it's a beautiful but neverending string of things to do. And from
projects, there isn't a point of “done for now”, or “done for today”. There's
always something else that waits. Which creates this constant pull. Which is
absent now, here on the island. And this time of absence now gave me the
thought that I could install my own “done for today” point, not by projects,
but by time: and say that after working so and so many hours, I'm done for the
day. So I sketched a kind of rough schedule today, and will try this when I am
back.
Also, I
want to create some open time/space, to go and visit places I haven't seen
before. There's this line I have written in one of my travel diaries, that I
now came across again: “Every day, try something new.”
Which is
easy, here on the island. But then, it's an advice for life, especially for the
everyday, a way to explore and journey every day.
**
And some
lines, from Tiny Buddha:
You will
never be finished
Let go of
having to know all the steps you need to take to make your dreams come true.
You know your direction, that's more than enough.
Trust that
your life always turns out exactly as it needs to—even if you look around right
now and say “you're kidding, right?”
Because you
are exactly who you need to be today in order to become the person you will be
tomorrow.
Wherever
you are in this moment, may you know and feel the truth of this…
Today you
are perfect. Today you are worthy. Today you are deserving. Today you are
loved. Just as you were yesterday, just as you will be tomorrow.
So live
from your heart. Be honest. Be open. Be inspired. Be amazed. Keep doing what
you love. Keep learning. Keep smiling.
Keep living
one day at a time, so that when you reach the twilight of your life, just like
my grandmother, you will wish to do it all over again.
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/you-will-never-be-finished-find-peace-by-enjoying-where-you-are/
1 comment:
Fine post...lovely and peaceful for soul..
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