I'm going to take the next ten days off to recover from my operation. I'll be resting and enjoying the sounds of the Pacific ocean. There's something about the sea that enchants me like no other thing in the world. This break will be a good one. One of my favorite references to the sea comes from Greek historical text, The Anabasis. A Greek soldiering unit has been journeying through the inland country patrolling and protecting their territory. This journey has been especially hard on them; it has lasted years, producing low morale, depression, battles, illness, and death. Having grown up on the Aegean coast, they literally yearn for the comforts of home, the company of their family and loved ones, mom's cooking. There is a moment in the text, near the end of their journey, when the unit ascends a ridge and for the first time in years they set their eyes on the ocean. They rejoice, immediately chanting "Thalata, thalata."
I feel that same way everytime I see the ocean for the first time each year. My spirit is rejuvinated to be with family, to eat the fabulous feasts we prepare for each other. But there is something about feeling one with the sea, with the flow of tides that you can spend all day watching and listening to. In this watching and listening, there is a magic I do not know but I most always welcome and invite.
Have a great week, friends.
P.S. You have to check out this hilarious LateNight skit filmed when Episode 2 came out. Mad Dog interviews Star Wars Nerds who have been standing in line for days. While watching it this morning, I had to turn it off because I was laughing too hard I thought I was going to burst all my stitches!
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