Seek safe harbour........

High tide and a big swell again forecast for late afternoon today and so I decided to turn my back on the ocean and head to the Brisbane Water instead.
It seems these lovely little ducks also made the same decision.

I think sometimes it makes sense in life to retreat a little.
To deliberately seek silence and calm.
To allow yourself time to process and reflect.....to recharge your batteries by powering down.
I don't think that this is necessarily a natural process...I think it is deliberate, I think it is a skill to acquire. I know that at times being still is seen as being idle. They are not, in truth, the same.
So for today, I am going to withdraw. Turn off the horrible images on the television. Protect my heart from the suffering of others. I don't believe this is selfish. There will still be sadness and suffering there tomorrow...sadly.


I thought the following poem was particularly poignant.

Silence
by Nitin Suresh



Silence
a brief pause in a raging fury
Silence
a calmness of steel in euphoric glory
Silence
amidst the passing of gigantic ocean
Silence
in revoking the almighty in full devotion

Silence
a grimace of a mask to hide the pain within
Silence
a quiet confidence after a tough win
Silence
in the gentle fire and devouring flame
Silences
in the glory and recall of lovely name

Silences
in a catsatrophe over mindless disaster
Silences
in the journey to salvation and life thereafter
Silences
in the anthem of nations pride and challenge reckoning
Silences
post the cacaphony after pangs of soul awakening.