A Message for Everyone: Rediscovering the World
"You ask so many questions", he said laughing as we walked together in the sand beside the shoreline of a radiant beach.
He took me to the shore where the ocean's waves were rippling over our feet. I kept trying to make out his face, but I couldn't see it clearly. His eyes, though, seemed to shift from a crystalline blue to turquoise. He squatted down, took water into the cup of his hand and asked me, "what do you see?".
I instinctively thought "water".
"No, don't say water or any other words that might describe water like wet or cold. Describe it as though you have never seen water before. What does it look and sound like? What would it's song be?
I looked at the sun glimmering off of his hand, making it look shiny and glassy.
"How does it feel? See it for what it is...as if you were an alien from another planet. How would you describe it to me if I had never seen or felt water?"
He led me to the dry sand and took large handfuls of it.
"Describe the sand... how does it feel? What does it sound like? What would it's song be?"
He then told me to describe the breeze.
"How does it feel on your skin?"
He wanted me to describe it to him as though he'd never been in a body. How would you describe the sensation? Really feel the soft caress and tickle to the tiny hairs on your skin.
This was a short and simple message, but powerful, nonetheless. It taught me how to rediscover the world around me. Empty your cup by throwing out old cookie-cutter ways of describing things and tap into your creative and child-like wonderment. Fill your cup with love and appreciation. These simple things are gifts, and they are things to be remembered.
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