The blood pumping through our bodies has the same level of sodium as the sea; dark and rich in nutrients, keeping us buoyant, yet ready to poison us if we drink it. There is a connection to this nature that is inescapable; the salty ocean air permeating our hair and skin blending with our natural oils; a perfume that can’t be replicated. Mercurial waves; the energy of our emotions similar to the tides, the constant ebb and flow. Do we float with the current or swim against it? Sweat, and tears, misting from our pores, a truly tangible sign that we answer ultimately to the call from nature.

“This morning, with her, having coffee.” Johnny Cash When we think of paradise it is often a place. Perhaps a white sand beach that doesn’t burn your feet, with crystal clear water that feels like a refreshing bath. The conjuring of blissful place, that is as calming and invigorating to our insides as it is to our physical being. The cliche, ” we want what we don’t have” creates a longing in us to chase that unknown. This is beyond ambition. Is it greed? Gluttony? Once achieved, what is next? Bigger? Better? Riskier? How to find extraordinary in our ordinary. The rare moments in our lives we chase to stay…