Saturday, April 10, 2010

Not racing




I am sitting on this beach watching the sun slowly descend. There is a campfire going and enough breeze to keep the gnats away.

I'm waiting on some friends to come to shore on their dinghy. They have a couple of children who will enjoy roasting marshmallows over the open flames.

This is a God inspired time. A wave will pass by, made by a dolphin. The tide is going out so they are cruising the shore looking for a hapless crab or a wayward fish.



We left the marina this morning before the racers got to their boats. They are a different sort, filled with adrenalin and a fierce competitiveness. A few stopped by to say something nice about my boat, although it was obvious that we were set up for recreational sailing.

We watched the flotilla of boats heading for the ocean as we were sailing at our moderate speed. I wished for them a safe race as the winds were blowing hard this morning.

I am in my Saturday frame of mind: just feeling easy. So I'll leave you with this thought:

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer. "
~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

17 comments:

  1. This sounds like such a peaceful day doing what you like to do. Enjoy.

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  2. It sounds lovely. I am amazed you can blog outside.

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  3. I think that is as good a piece of advice as I have ever read.

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  4. What a great thought! I can totally relate to it today - thanks :)
    Hope you had an enjoyable day out on your boat. Sounded peaceful.
    Wow, still thinking about that thought... it sooooo applies to me TODAY... thanks again. I am printing it out.
    God bless.

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  5. Sounds so serene! I love the ocean!

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  6. I am happy for you Syd to live this beautiful ocean life. I hope someday to do the same but until then I will take the leftover joy that spills from your posts. Happy sailing!

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  7. great quote! thanks :)
    i love it when people surrender to the limits of what they can understand in this lifetime. it is pointless struggling to understand everything..

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  8. what an outstanding quote, thank you. enjoy the peace dear syd!

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  9. Beautiful poem from a very insightful German poet. Thank you for sharing this one.

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  10. Love that thought (quote) today! Thank you!

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  11. Just what I needed to hear today. Thank you Syd!

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  12. Very nice quote. And I am glad that you are able to be a watcher today instead of a racer. There is a need for both.

    ♥namaste♥

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  13. Hope your weekend has been a great one.

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  14. I'm bookmarking that quote. How perfect. That is such a beautiful explanation on how life should be approached. Then again I find reading about your weekends, to echo those sentiments always. (Hugs)Indigo

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  15. Lovely quote with a meaningful perspective and lovely sentiment.

    Thank you.

    Blessings and aloha...

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  16. thank you for bringing me to your place :-)

    what a quote...

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