Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
glad you like what
I have been writing— think I like these —what Des calls
little Haikus
What’s your experience of writing with so few words?
Image: Suzie Cheel
Seeing and Imagining
Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
I have been working on getting clarity about various aspects of my life and find my morning beach walk a good place to reflect.
Today I am following Liz’s 25 word writing exercise for this weeks beach notes:
There are times when the sea
is so clear
you can see
the shoals of fish
twist and turn
other times you
must imagine them.
Are there times when something is crystal clear one day and the next day the clarity is a little foggy?
Picture1 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/devos/2865358754/
Spring in the Southern Hemisphere
Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
Our southern hemisphere spring has come late this year,
The purple flowers of the jacaranda tree are just emerging
The winds of August still blow this October
Yesterday I took my first plunge into the salty sea
I shivered as the cool water touched my skin.
Then I dived into the clear blue sea and swam
I emerged feeling alive and reenergised
The healing power of the sea.
What is your response to the energy around you?
Why We Touch The Rock
Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
A Daily Habit
Each day when Des & I walk on the beach we have a habit of touching the rock at one end of the beach.
and the other.
We started this daily habit not long after we started walking on this beach 4 years ago. We noticed the resident patriarch of the morning beach walk tribe, Frank touching the rock. We learnt it was an unwritten rule, so we followed suit.
A guest staying with us last year observing this ritual asked: ââ¬ÅWhat happens if you don’t touch the rock?ââ¬Â
Well nothing happens!
By touching the rock at both ends it is a way of ensuring that we have completed the full distance. without having to think about it.
I recently thought about how I might apply this to other areas of my life to get more completed efficiently. In other words have some kind of simple ritual to help me complete one task before moving to another. I am not sure how that fits with multitasking, but I am working on it.
ââ¬ÅWhat’s your equivalent of touching the rock?
Step by Step
Beach Notes by Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh
Today’s beach notes has a new twist:
Idea and image by Suzie and the verse by Des Walsh
(c) Suzie Cheel
Yesterday as we were walking on the beach, earlier than usual I saw this perfect line of single footsteps and thought that would be great for beach notes. I sometimes get impatient taking one step at a time. As Des says ” You are not a kangaroo”!
Des then penned these words:
We were made
To go one step at a time
We try too often
To rush the process
We stumble
When will we learn?
Step by step works.
I know when I take one step and follow through things flow. I am learning:)
Does It Have To Be Perfect?
Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel
On our beach walk on Saturday,
I asked Des this question.
Do you sometimes wonder why
you aren’t meeting the goals
you have set yourself and
may have even announced to the world?
Do you get satisfaction from ticking off your daily to do list or do you wonder what happened to the day? Maybe you have have even stopped making a to do list!
If you have fallen down on some of these things I know how you feel.
I looked at my life over the past week and asked “Hey what is going on here?”
I listened to that small inner voice, my intuition. I noticed how my tummy felt.
The answers came. I am great at getting clarity about where I am heading. Even better at setting big hairy goals.
What I haven’t been doing is following through on the tasks that need to done on the way to goals.
I also see my overachiever, Wonder Woman streak is coming out. Wonder Woman needs a holiday while I get on with business.
Putting that another way I have to accept the fact that not everything I do can be perfect the first or even the second time.
What’s wrong with edition 1, then a revised edition 2?
We could all learn from some of the big guns. Take Microsoft, they have made their fortune with getting people to buy version 1.0, then 1.1 while they iron out the bugs.
Do you ever experience the ââ¬Åit’s not perfectââ¬Â roadblock? What do you do about it?