From this glowing
long-cycle’s sweat.
To these lines from sadness’
dried saline tears
To this semen which
has produced nothing yet.
To drops of blood from
actions taken in anger or fear.
Even millions of years
after ancestors evolved from the sea.
Still the sea’s salty currents
flow all throughout me.
The bells of mindfulness are calling out to us, trying to wake us up, reminding us to look deeply at our impact on the planet.
~Thich Nhat Hanh from “the world we have”
pacific sunset
gg bridge (click to enlarge)
beautiful coast fog (click to enlarge)
attentive grebe
stilt happiness
Originally posted March 2, 2013
I find such beauty in your words, and the photos. Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you for noticing my little post and sharing your kind words, em. May you be well.
The sea, the sea – and oh to be caught in a ray of the sun’s shining!
Yes, wonderful to be aware of such a sweet moment, thanks.
Incredible pictures and beautiful words to compliment them!
I’m humbled by your kind words. May you be happy.
Beautiful, soothing, inspiring…thank you so much. Your blog’s title really is so appropriate. After I read you I smile, calm…
It is wonderful to be relaxed and happy. May each moment offer these gifts.
Beautiful poem and pictures!
Thank you for your kind words.
The sea raging is ending.
Yes, everything is impermanent. You’re kind to visit and comment.
I love to visit your blog. It soothes me and uplifts me and reminds me that there are beautiful, ungreedy, ungrasping people out there in the midst of this often shallow and commercial world.
You are very kind. Perhaps you’ve experienced how a smile can change the energy of people around us.
I love the picture of the guy painting, the beautiful coast fog and the pacific sunset 🙂
they’re all great though!
I can feel the sea run through me also. It’s a beautiful revelation.
How wonderful to be aware of our interconnections!
Such beautiful images and words.
Thank you for commenting kindly. May you be happy.
Beautiful Images, Thank you very much.
Nice work! Love the meaning here! wtd
Thx for visting SevenX!
I liked the poem, and really loved the BW photo!
Thanks for stopping by, glad you liked my recent post on the pink poop 😉
somehow i missed your nice comment years ago.
thank you and wishing you a wonderful day 🙂
thanks 🙂
Thank you David for these words to reflect on along with great photos. Love the footprints!
makes me happy you like those, Val!
Twas fun & interesting, as i recall
getting that selfie of footprints.
may your day be bright and warm 🙂
Beautiful
thank you, ksbeth!
now my day
is more-so 🙂
stunning share, thanks for its rebirth! ❤
thank you, dear Linda!
i also experience
it as a rebirth 🙂
The words…the images….the post in its entirety……gorgeous.
makes me happy, dear lonely author
that you find it so!
now my morning feels more
gorgeous, thanks 🙂
Enjoy the weekend.
My pleasure
Wow! Just wow!
your kind words, Vrunda
make me feel extra
wow right now 🙂
Great post!
thank you, jess
for finding it so!
may your day
be well 🙂
seems we can’t
escape the ocean
no matter how far inland
we dwell
i tried removing
the sea from me
but was left
with a sandy mess 🙂
As you express so well in your closing lines–“Still the sea’s salty currents / flow all throughout me”–the power of the sea on the human body and soul is undeniable. We humans not only emerged from the oceans, but our bodies also contain a large amount of water: up to 60% of the human adult body.
yes, thank you, Rosaliene!
i was finding it helpful back then,
to remember from where
i’ve come from.
and I get to visit
the beach tomorrow 🙂
And it’s still so beautiful David …. painting at the seaside looks so wonderful … happy day to you ☺️💫 smiles Hedy
thank you for being
at the sea with me, hedy!
twas nice of him
to pose for me 🙂
The sea always speaks to me and fills me with such peace.
thank you for sharing such a nice reflection, Michele!
i’m looking forward my trip to the sea
even more so now 🙂
Just looking at pictures of water makes me calm. Lovely poem and nice footprints as well. I’m wondering if that bird is a grebe…(the one with the red eyes).
makes me happy knowing
of your calmness, arlingwoman!
nice catch, as it is certainly
a grebe and not a loon!
i’m more likely to encounter
a loon, these days.
may your day be well 🙂
No doubt, salt is racing me, as much as the earth. Water has deep meaning. Thanks for the reminder.
thank you for kindly
revisiting the sea
with me, Deepak!
may your day be well 🙂
I love that first picture !
very thought provoking… 😉
i’m happy you like it, leo!
i thought it provoking
also 🙂
Gorgeous photos and inspiring poetry. Some familiar places that warm my heart.
your kind words have me stop, remember and smile, Jane!
may your day continue joyfully
with a warm heart 🙂
Wonderful poem and pictures!!!
a smiling bow for your
kind words, dear luisa!
may your day be well, david 🙂
Thank you 🌹🌹🌹
A wonderful reminder.
Let’s accept and be part of this vast nature without harming it.
smiling to your kind
words of wisdom, dear Rupali!
may your day be in beauty 🙂
Bittersweet, and beautifully written. Gorgeous photos too 🙂
Thank you for reminding me how awesome and timeless the sea is. Sometimes I take her for granted living 20 minutes away and getting busy. I need to take time to go to her.
thank you for your kind message, JoAnna!
how nice to enjoy some breaths as a little time
and space lead to the seashore!
wishing you a happy visit to this
familiar place 🙂
Beautiful photos, my friend by the sea 🙂
my camera & i thank you, Christy!
may your day be like a breeze
by the sea 🙂
Beautiful 🙂
i’m happy to know, joshi 🙂
Charlee: “We’ve never seen the sea.”
Chaplin: “But if the sea is in us, maybe we don’t need to?”
Lulu: “Actually I just got back from visiting the harbor for the first time and let me tell you, the sea is something else. It smells so interesting I could have spent the whole day down there.”
Chaplin: “Hmph. Pictures or it didn’t happen.”
may someday kitties by the beach
be in a big, sun & sand group foto!
bring sunscreen 🙂
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thank you for your kind gesture, Kamran!
while this blog does not do awards
we wish all recipients to feel like winners!
wishing you a happy moment, david 🙂
The sea, where I go find the real me!
perhaps that was you
i saw down by the sea!
wishing you a happy day, Tom 🙂
J’aime particulièrement le 1er cliché ! Bien joué !
merci pour votre aimable critique!
en vous souhaitant une bonne journée 🙂
je vous remercie pour vos aimables paroles 🙂
Beautiful!
Excellent pictures.
I just swooned at you
smilecalm
hope you felt it
Incredibly marvelous!
thank you for the smile, Ka 🙂
My pleasure. This poem really struck me with all of its essence! 💗
David, your post is part of the bell of mindfullness, bringing the beauty of the ocean to the fore, its tranquiltiy and the haven it offers visible to all, the potential destruction quiet, beneath the surface. Stunning visual post and thoughtful accomplaying poem.
such a heart-fully beautiful review
i had to re-read this old post
to find a new appreciation
for it, myself.
thank you, dear Annika 🙂
Nothing quite beats the ocean waves, and the feeling of the spray on the wind.. Wet sand squelching between toes.. 😀 But sitting and listening, observing Nature, Be it the Ocean or Sky,Being Mindful, of our own footprints…
Love the Thich Nhat Hanh Quote, from “The world we have”
May we all of us take care of the Worth We have and each other..
Much love and gratitude David 💜
being near to the ocean with you, Sue
makes me quite happy!
i remember surfing as a kid
and having the experience
of being the wave and the water.
Thich Nhat Hanh has helped me
see the connection more clearly.
Thank you for helping us understand
the energies flowing thru & connecting all 🙂
Oh to Surf!…. that must be a great feeling of oneness with the waves..
We each are helping the flow dear David, May we continue to find that connection in all things and each other.. 😀
Be well..
thank you, Sue! it really got me in touch with the play of being with nature. i did give it up after getting severely wacked in the head with the board. it’s still enjoyable to be in water’s flow. may your day be with beauty 🙂
Ouch to the head wack.. way back when..
Likewise David.. May we continue in the Flow of Life’s stream.. 🙂
I so enjoyed this visit we made to the sea, David, bracing and glorious. Thank you for sharing the coastal beauty, it was a grand way to start my day.
Lovely set of photos. The sea has an innate beauty and hold over us all.
Lovely post
Another enthralling post! Thank you, David.
thank you for being
at the sea with me, Betty!
wishing a happy moment
for you, there
at home 🙂
Great wording.
‘The bells of mindfulness’ – I guess some bells ring louder than others.
smiling to your kind review, dear Jina!
may your day be in sunshine 🙂
Likewise!
Thank you for sharing the beauty! My daughter and her family had a road trip along the coast two weeks ago – from Crescent City to San Francisco 🙂
smiling to your kindness, inese!
sounds like a special trip, especially
here in mendocino county 🙂
They might take me along next time they go 🙂 What a beautiful land.
yes, jump in
the big suitcase 🙂