I don't recall ever consciously deciding to fall in love with the ocean, yet I must have for it has been a true love affair my entire life. I have traveled this world many times over and I still cannot find a more lovelier place than sitting on the edge of a beach, my toes dipping into warm sand, and having powerful, cool waves wash over me.
It is my Happy Place.
A Happy Place is a location, an experience, a moment in time that captures our hearts and refreshes our soul. For some it is a moment of transformative thought, for others a blissful peace, for others an electrical bolt of pure life.
For me it's a simplistic moment on a trip my family took to St. John before my senior year of high-school. My parents 25th Anniversary meant a little fun trip to the Virgin Islands for them for a few days and then my brother and I joined them so that they could in-a-sense re-affirm the commitment they had made to one another on the white sandy beaches of beautiful St. John.
My Happy Place is an afternoon I spent on the beach with nothing to do but feel absolutely still and full. It was a transcending peace and harmonizing beauty that took my breath away and continues to do so whenever I think of my Happy Place. I have never felt more me, more Authentically Me than I have in those glorious hours basking in the breathtaking creation around me.
........Being a southern gal, Florida beaches are where I went growing going. Just for fun here are my top three!.......
1) Sea Grove, Florida
2) Long Boat Key, Florida
3) Seaside, Florida
-Authentically Me
