A little bit of inspiration from nature....

"Above all else, to thine own self be true" - Shakespeare

Happiness in Memories

The water is to my left, the sun is hitting me from the right. I feel perfectly balanced. One hand is on the wheel and the other hangs lazily at my side. My mouth is open and sounds are coming out; loud sounds, happy sounds. I don't match what's coming out of the stereo, but who cares. God this song makes me happy. I have to sing along. I catch myself glancing off to my left. The water, the gulls, the lighthouse. Look at how proud they look in the summer sun. Everything is breathing and heaving under the influence of the sun. I realize that I have pulled off the road and parked in one of my favourite little nooks. The day calls me out. I cut the engine and the loud, happy music abruptly stops, shocking my senses and making the world seem unseemly serene. I scale the rocks up to the hill. The hill covered in blueberries that mom and I used to pillage on summer evenings when the flies weren't unbearable. Her picking away with a good work ethic and me running around singing Fats Domino "I Found My Thrill". I love this little hill, this mini-cliff. NO one can see you from the road. Even the gulls seem to respect my privacy. There used to a wharf here. And we used to launch our canoe from right over there. That is the island we visited to picnic and swim. And there is the pond we skated on in the colder months. There's the rocks I apparently hid behind when Dad thought I drowned. And this is where Dad and I used to eat our lunch after a long bike ride; homemade bread and sardines. One tiny piece of earth attached to so many memories.