lately I’ve been running a lot to relieve stress. it generally works out pretty great – I get upset, I hop in the car and head toward the ocean, get out and power run a trail. then I feel better AND get a work out at the same time! 2 points!

lately my life has been absolutely consumed with work. I know it is just one of those busy times and it will all calm down again soon, but right now it’s almost unbearable. working 6 days a week does not make me a happy girl. so today, a particularly stressful day, I snapped and headed to the trail to go let off steam. about 10 minutes in to my regular route there is a side trail that leads to a look-out over the ocean. there are rickety stairs blocked off and crumbling that go right down to the water, so naturally I headed down. I thought it’d be nice to just take a little break and look at something beautiful.

almost an hour later I was finally getting back up to finish my run. I ended up on some big flat slanted rocks beside the stairs watching the waves crash over the impeccably smooth, round boulders just below me. the sky was so perfectly blue, the water was such a dark blue, but turned almost tropical green where the waves were hitting, and spinning against the rocks. I forced myself to stop trying to think of solutions to my work issues and just clear my brain for a while, and actually take in what I was looking at and enjoy it. I laid back on the rocks and soaked up what may be my last summer sun, and got lost in the sound of the tide coming in. the highest tides in the world. with the perfectly flat, sharp horizon only broken by the huge freighter ship and partridge island – so close, but still a mystery to me. one of these days I’ll be writing a post about what’s on there. :)

once the cool fall wind finally pulled me away, the rest of my run was so much more relaxed and enjoyable. sometimes you just need to let go, and stop analyzing. let yourself breathe, remember who you are and who you are NOT. what controls your life and what gives life to your soul. one day I hope my work is one of those things, but until then I think I’ve found a new favourite spot.

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