This post is dedicated to my beautiful and creative niece: Barbara. In her response to the nomination of Small Joy Tag of mine, she had mentioned her love for the sea π
And this made me think: I love the sea so much but hadn’t mentioned it in my list of 15 Small Joys π€ One reason of course is that there are hundreds of things that give me joy π and the other was: I had mentioned only those joys which have been around me these past 5-6 months π€© and had completely forgotten my amazing last year and my love for sea. Out of sight, out of mind π
It was just last year and it appears like another life time! Less than a year ago I had gone to East Coast of North America to see the fall colours. It feels like a dream now! And my visit Around the World and visiting 4 continents in 4 months was earlier last year, and it feels like another life timeπ
I love the sky. I can watch it for hours. But the sky doesn’t give me the feeling of infinitude, which the sea does. I can sit for hours watching the vast expanse of sea, lost in a reverie. Sunrises and sunsets on water bodies are simply divine π
Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikh religion, in his Sukhmani Sahib has mentioned:
Water = Heavenly Father
Earth = Divine Mother
Wind = Guru preceptor
And I have had so many amazing experiences of wind and my Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda. When I am in any water body with wind blowing and hills around – for me that is Heaven.
Sharing some pics of my love with the sea during my 2019 travels around the world:
Guatemala – January 2019
Brisbane – January 2019
Chandigarh – February 2019
Pokhara, Nepal – April 2019
Montreal and Toronto – Sep, October 2019
Niagara Falls, Ontario – October 2019
Istanbul – October 2019