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1/28/2015 5 Comments

Sea Shell Wisdom

Sea Shells from Florida
We are on tour in Florida as I sit down to write.  Since we have been here, Peggy has been collecting sea shells.  For a week and a half, during our walks on the beach, she has kept her eye out for shells, which for whatever reason were quite scarce.  And the shells she did find, though lovely, were all rather small.  So, for many days she dug in the sand, toiling to fill her pockets with the little beauties.  Then, yesterday, we were taken to a beach a few miles down from where we had been taking our usual walks.  We were not thinking about shells, just sightseeing with a new friend, going with the flow.  When we stepped onto this beach, there at our feet were piles and piles of the biggest and most wonderful shells!  In minutes we gathered more sea shells than we had the entire previous week and a half!  So, what is the point of this story?

Sometimes, in this life, we find ourselves stuck in the same place, only able to dig up barely enough to fill our pockets.  This does not mean that those times are a waste.  It’s good to keep digging!  And those small things we find in those times and places are a blessing.  The wisdom here is to keep your eyes open for the opportunity to take a journey, to explore another place, another view.  For when you do, you just may find an abundance of what you seek in that new place, and all that digging and learning you did about how to spot what you seek will finally be rewarded.

So keep searching for your sea shells.  Even if they are small, they are still beautiful.  And keep your spirit open to receive the invitation to go someplace beyond the familiar.  And when it comes, go with it.  Take your mind off your sea shell searching and just enjoy the ride.  That will be when the miracle happens.  Such is the pathway to a purposeful, rewarding, enriching and happy life.

5 Comments
Bill Mettler
1/28/2015 05:10:24 am

As usual, fine words of wisdom.

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peggy hill link
1/28/2015 05:25:14 am

I so enjoyed this blog. Life is full of little and llarge beautiful moment

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Pam Clark
1/28/2015 05:50:50 am

Thanks SO Much! I needed those words of wisdom!

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Garry Dulgar
1/28/2015 10:49:54 am

Your Lakota heritage and its wisdom runs deep in not only your music but also in your words. You realize that all things are connected on a continuous cycle of unity that appears & reappears in different forms & at different times. Your "sea shells" run deep into the ocean from the shorelines of the beaches of Mother Earth & touch the radiant blue light of Father Sky!

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Jane Priest
1/29/2015 04:35:37 am

Thank you for all you do to teach the world and awaken the spirit that lives within all of us.

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