I stole the beautiful picture of Crystal Beach from the facebook page of Crystalbeach.com. I believe the photographer is Tom Osten, but not positive. I have sent a request for the info. Whoever it is takes gorgeous pictures of the beach nearly daily and posts them on FB. The pictures make me every happy.
I started this blog with the Crystal Beach picture because I believe it is my "home plate". I am no sports enthusiast but in baseball home plate is where you start and where you finish, right?! A place we always come back to. I think in order to Go Somewhere we need to first have a home plate. A place where we are rooted, where we can always find comfort and peace. A place where our imaginations can soar. A place where we can grieve and rejoice. A place where we can muster up our courage and rest on our laurels.
My home is certainly that place for me. My kitchen table, my comfy chair, my people, my favorite things. But since I was a kid the beach, sans any accoutrements like furniture or artwork, has been my thin place - that place where the distance between the world and the divine is very, very slim.
I think having a home where I feel very secure and free to be myself and having a "home plate" like Crystal Beach enables me to Go Somewhere. I would love to hear about your Home Plates.
George Benson's Breezin' takes me to the beach every time. Long story!! Enjoy.
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Breezin'
My "home plate" also seems to be the point where land ends and the vastness of the ocean begins. I don't know where this affinity for sea and sand came from. I do know it is where I meet God and see that God's good is so much more enlivened and enriching than my limited thinking can conceive. I feel peace, renewal, and revitalization at these places, whether they be near or far. I just know I am fully in God's presence in these places. Thank you for letting me share. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful description Howard. We are kindred spirits! I think the beach is so special because it gently arouses all our senses with textures, scents, sounds and visuals. It is also my belief that the sea breeze goes in one of my ears breezes through my brain cleansing it of anything I don't need and then exits the other ear!!!
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