Reflections of Summer
{{FRIDAY FEELS}}
🎶🎶Summertime and the livin’ is easy 🎶🎶
Lake day. Family. And Sunsets.
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Skipping rocks - one of my favorite childhood memories. I used to cast all my worries into the stone and my little arm would send it sailing across the surface of the glassy wet liquid. And walking away, I always felt a bit lighter.
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Not much has changed here at the lake. It’s still the carefree place I remember. Except now, the man who taught me to skip rocks, jump off cliffs, and water ski is no longer on the Earthly plane. Instead, he is doing all these nostalgic memories on some other Golden Shore.
And now, as I look into the water, there is no child staring back at me. I see a woman. Her worry and smile lines finding a permanent home on her face. Her body wearing the last 30 years of her journey in every way. And each time her eyes penetrate mine, a depth of wisdom comes flooding in that endlessly humbles me.
Those eyes, telling the stories of how her wisdom came to be. I sat quietly understanding the lessons taught to me.
I have hated and I have loved. I have failed and succeeded. I have had everything and nothing. I have experienced the heights of joy and the depths of pain. But most of all...
I. HAVE. LIVED!
As I breathed in this moment, I found a rock. Transferred all my doubts, worries, and concerns into it. Sent it skipping across the water. And I walked away, feeling a little lighter.
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When our Earth walk ends, we can take nothing with us but our memories.
So, Make many. Laugh a lot. Cry when needed. Scream at the top of your lungs when things become to much. Fall down and then get back up. And without a doubt...
LIVE!
Life is not a spectators sport. We don’t get to sit on the sidelines and watch. At some point, we each have to play.
There will be hardships, but they will pass.
Embrace it. Cherish it. Enjoy it.
For all it is and all it is not.
All we have is the moment. And then, the moments gone.
Your Sister in Truth and Harmony,
Tarah El 🙏☯️🕉
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