RiDe It

"Life is like a wave, sometimes you just have to suck it up and catch it... then you'll have the time of your life."

I read this quote on the blackboard at Coffee Bean in Hermosa this morning while waiting for my drink to be made. I smiled and immediately I filed it on the "remember this for mysapce quotes" file in my brain and continued on my way.

As I sat on the strand, I asked myself a very thought provoking question, "What would my life look like if everything was as I wanted it to be?" Surprisingly, much of it is already the way I want it to be. I love having these pockets of time to spend at the beach, thinking about life, writing out my thoughts, smiling at strangers as if to acknowledge our shared love for living; stopping by the coffee shop before sitting down in front of the computer to sculpt into meaning the muddied thoughts I had scribbled onto paper that day; ending the evening around a BBQ with friends, laughing, eating, enjoying each other... enjoying life.

As I realized that today is a poignant reflection of how I'd like my life to be, I looked down and saw a perfectly shaped sea shell. Again I smiled, remembering the many hours I'd spend as a kid searching over the shore for shells. This is my life, and I love it.