Cape Meares State Park, Oregon Coast. Photo: TLClark, October 2011.
“If I had a ship,” the poem “The Island” by A.A.Milne begins. The first stanzas describe sailing the ship through the seas to a beach and leaving the ship to climb up the steep white sand to the trees. It concludes:
And there would I rest, and lie,
My chin in my hands, and gaze
At the dazzle of sand below,
And the green waves curling slow,
And the grey-blue distant haze
Where the sea goes up to the sky . . . .And I’d say to myself as I looked so lazily down at the sea;
“There’s nobody else in the world, and the world was made for me.”A. A. Milne, “The Island,” in When We Were Very Young, Copyright, 1924, by E. P. Dutton, Copyright Renewal, 1952, by A. A. Milne.
On one hand, the last line seems selfishly self-centered.
On the other hand, it reminds me that we all do well to take time away in nature, to spend time alone, to rest, to gaze about, and to wonder.
Green waves, Pacific Ocean, Oregon Coast. Photo: TLClark, October 2011.
I didn’t (and don’t) have a ship, the pictures are not from or of an island, and the weather was too chilly to stay still long! Nevertheless they are what I remembered when I read A. A. Milne’s poem.
Wherever you are and whatever the weather, may you take time to rest and to wonder!
Blessings,
Teressa
Astoria Bridge over the Columbia River, Astoria, OR. Photo: TLCLark, May 2010.
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Beautiful post, Teressa. To rest and to wonder are essentials to a creative life. 🙂
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Thanks! I totally agree about rest and wonder.
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I just tried to post a comment and WordPress would not let me.
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Bummer. Especially since this comment did get posted. Hope you’ve had a good day – with just that one exception of a comment not posting.
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Very beautiful! ❤
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Thank-you!
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“There’s nobody else in the world, and the world was made for me.” I liken this to ‘dance like no one is watching’. If one has faith, then, yes, the world was made to live fully…so much to see and enjoy and love and do! 🙂
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