Tareva - Week 7

I've grown to learn that my biggest enemy is STRESS. In my life, stress's only purpose is to cause me grief, anxiety, frustration, and fatigue. Thus, I've had to find means of relieving stress when it mounts to its fullest potential. The means of which I come to recognize as being most effective is taking time out, for myself, by the ocean. I've always been a big fan of the water, but here recently, especially, it's become my relief, my "humbler," my friend. I've always enjoyed the way the wind feels while sitting by the water because it reminds me that even though you can't see something, if you feel it, it must be there. What never fails is that the ocean always seems to have a way of making me humble. Allow me to explain; the ocean is HUGE. The power in all of that water is something that I don't believe the human mind can fully grasp. And what amazes me is that God MUST BE even MORE powerful because how else does the ocean know how far to come to and stop? I understand that it's impossible to ignore that the ocean waters do sometimes cross over their boundaries, but hey, freak hurricaines happen. Either way, the ocean has a way of reminding me who's in charge around here.

All of that being said, I'd like to point out a quote from the Dillard text, "Water in particular looks its best, reflecting blue sky in the flat, and chopping it into graveled shallows and white chute and foam in the riffles. On a dark day, or a hazy one, everything's washed - out and lackluster but the water. It carries its own lights." Reading that passage served as reaffirmation for my thoughts on the assertiveness, power, and beauty of the ocean. All in all, I feel like I made a wise choice of how to relieve stress in reminding myself that I'm being watched over and protected by something so majestic.