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Keeping Watch

8/11/2016

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Picture
Simple.
Subtle.
​Sublime.


Quiet.
Reserved.
Sequestered.

Disconnected.

Anchored up, my world is 29 feet by 9.5. Everything else is ‘out there’.
The water passes by, sometimes clear or filled with debris.
Clouds, fog, or sun overhead.
I slow down and watch, and think, and let my mind settle.
Sometimes feet up, sun warming my legs and a drink at hand.
More often a blanket tight against the wind.

No where else have I been able to watch and think and wonder.
Not this clearly.

A school of tens of thousands of small fish swim under the boat, a living pattern of silver.
I breath softly as if they may hear me. A few stragglers and then they are gone.
I smile, now what was I thinking about?
 
I’ve driven by this spot a hundred times without giving it a second thought.
I’m glad I was given the opportunity to anchor there.

Be aware.
Observe.
Watch the world.
Contemplate the universe.

It takes practice. Don’t give up.
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