nO reSOLutions!

The  Ocean takes what it wants; leaves what it wants; reshapes the topography and re-draws the perimeters of continents.  The Ocean listens and responds to forces deep in the earth, high in the atmosphere, surfacing under pressure in its midst, or bobbing  on its surface.  The Ocean cradles  tiny lives and enormous leviathans. 

Earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes can occur everywhere. There are no annual plans or resolutions made by the Ocean.

We, on the other hand, feel so good when we have filed our resolutions, published our goals, activated our investment plans, built another bridge, another monument.  Weight gained or lost, check. Money made and invested, check. House and children organized, checked. 

We actually have so few things we can control.
Control seems to make us happy.

I love watching No Reservations,  Chef Anthony Bourdeain's television show where he travels all over the world and eats whatever people eat, in their homes, on the streets, in neighborhood restaurants that do not need reservations. He's trying to gauge what people actually do with the food they grow.  And he is mostly happy with the finds.

I wonder, could we travel through our lives and just be who we are, do what we do, and live mostly content with who we are, where we are, how we are?

Couldn't we just Be?

 

Endings

This year I started a blog, and was rewarded by other blogs. Thanks to "Blogs of Note" provided by the blogger people, whoever they are, I'm reading some awesome stuff, straight from the source. So, today, I want to thank the blogger people for identifying and parading blogs; and I want to thank the bloggers whose posts have been inspiring. If I mispell your blog, forgive me; I'm still a neophite in this playground of computing.

So in the order in which they get read, here are the blogs I follow:

sixtyup.blogspot.com

cheriblocksabraw.blogspot.com

adelaideinphotos

linecook

Each blog offers a window to that person's world, and additional windows as well because each writer has a list of blogs they follow, and so on and so on. I have peeked and observed photos and opinions from different parts of the world. ( My one and only official follower, a student from Ireland, had to give up her blog because she ran out of money. Sorry.)

This perusing has taught me a few things I need to do, kind of a New Year Resolution for blogging: 1. incorporate pictures and links; 2. leave a comment every time I stop and read; 3. be adventurous and travel the world on the net.

Finally, I want to thank people who have read and left comments on my site: Matawheeze at sixtyup; Cheri at her blog; the folks at Island Press, an environmental group who have published my comments on their esteemed and learned website. In addition, I want to thank my Bandon Writers, who are generous with their attention and their comments. Without your insights, I would still be wishing and hoping.