There are so many lessons to be learned from beach living. We were only there for a few hours during our trip to Disneyland, but here are the things I realized:1. There are things in this world that are so big that no man can have control over them. Nor should he. You must simply watch them and admire their vastness. It made me think of my life. There are lots of things I can't control, but I have to make peace with them and appreciate the beauty in them.
2. Stay on the safe side. Don't swim out too far or you might not come back. Another great analogy for lots of wicked things floating around us these days. Or you can be like Sam and stay as far away from them as you can.
3. Stick together with the people that matter most.
3. Stick together with the people that matter most.4. Find something to do with what you have.
5. Be your own you...no one is looking at how you look in your swimming suit. They are all too busy worrying about how they look in their own swimming suits.
6. Sometimes doing something simple and boring is the funnest thing to do.
7. You are stronger than seaweed. Get over your queasiness and just pick it up. It's just seaweed. 
8. Take time to stop and smell the sea water.
I think these universal lessons are why people gravitate to the oceans and lakes of the world. So often in this whirlwind society of today we forget that we are simply people. We can't hold back the tide. We can't change the wind or move walls of water. We can only do so much, and it's good to be reminded every now and again that we aren't all powerful or all knowing. Sometimes it's good to just be. And it's even better if you can be with the people you love more than anything else.
2 comments:
awww, now my anger and jealousy with you is subsiding about your trip to the happiest place on earth.
i really am glad you all had fun. just please don't mention it to my children. they fall into days of depression whenever someone mentions a vacation to disneyland.
So well put Margo! I love all the analogies!
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