Lately I've been struggling, focused on what's wrong in my life and how I feel, but today, I awakened to this sky and felt it all spread widely like those gold and salmon clouds into a glorious sense of what's REAL, of what's hopeful, of what's possible, and despite my sensitivity to living in this small economically troubled town and of the sad history of this land (taken from the Tolowa and Yurok natives for its gold and timber), it's also quite beautiful, and I can appreciate that, too----regardless.
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Beautiful Chris! Seems we are experiencing the same "sky" - in the vaster sense of the word :) Isn't it lovely how we find the Beauty and the sense of the REAL in the struggles of life as well... And in the Sunrises and Sunsets of life... :)
ReplyDeleteYou've inspired me, Christine, and my friend Anita to TAKE NOTE OF MY REAL SKY (not just the one over the ocean, which I can idealize more easily, but the one with the telephone wires and that little apartment complex just up the street that frequently has police cars out front, and the people who walk by sometimes shouting "F*** you!" at two in the morning).
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ReplyDeleteI find it always so amazing that everything has so many layers--you live in one of the most beautiful spots in the world, and yet you have this cluttered sky above you (and the obnoxious apartment down the street). But that ocean sky is still there, above all that. That sky is always covering us.
Yes, Maggie, and that's a comfort, isn't it. . . . Thank you for your inspiration, too. ;-)
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