At Sea
I
still remember the first time I saw an Ocean. I couldn’t fathom the vastness of
it. It did not fit in to the scale or measure of anything that I had seen till
that day. That vastness was truly liberating in a way. There were no limits, no
boundaries, no peripheries.
The first touch of sea is when the sinking feeling of the sand sinks
in :) under your feet. Then there is the unmistakable
sea breeze. It is playful enough to cheer you up but not too brash that you get
annoyed.
At first, many of us decide not to
go in to the water. But such is the vivaciousness of those waves that we give
in, much like many of the decisions we take in life... a tad bit too late J.
And then we wonder if only I had done it a while back!
Nothing else gives us a more
soothing feeling than a walk on the beach. I think it is the physical
manifestation of the poetic ‘walk down the memory lane’. It is one of those few
instances where our mind shuts away from the outward noise and listens to the
voice within.
If you haven’t seen a sunset at sea,
it is a grave injustice to the windows of your soul. Equally mesmerizing is a
moonlit night by the seaside.
I think sea is the conscience of
nature for everything has come from it and if we are to go by the divine texts,
to it shall everything return. May be this has got something to do with our ‘connect’
with the sea. The ‘connect’ which emerges from the fact that the sea reflects our state of mind. If we are overjoyed, the high waves sound like a hearty laughter
and if we are gloomy, the waves resonate the rage within.
May be the reason why we all love to
go in to a sea is the fact that we all can allow ourselves to be tossed around
without fretting about being judged. In the struggle of a lifetime of finding
one’s stillness in the ever shifting balance of life, it is relieving to let go
at times.
Whenever I go to a beach, this is
how I feel – totally ‘at sea’. Not even once have I felt the same when I have
gone to a beach and that is the reason for this welcome perplexity. Each visit
was a new experience and I know the ones to come will be too.
Of the nature’s numerous wonders the ocean is just one and it leaves us with so much of bewilderment. On this environment day, let
us bow before nature’s magnanimity for allowing us to indulge in the false
belief that we are its masters.
Arun
Babu
Oh I hear you, Arun! Took me back to my last holiday on the sea side. And now I am craving another. Particularly liked - "It is playful enough to cheer you up but not too brash that you get annoyed."
ReplyDeleteIt is something which one never gets bored of, isn't it Sakshi?..Thank you for giving it a read and glad u liked it :)
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