All that we do
Is touched by an ocean, yet we remain
On the shore of what we know. — Richard Wilbur
I love walking a beach, swimming in the ocean, listening to the waves, watching the pelicans dive, dolphins swim, my list goes on and on. I wish my heart would race the same way when I get away from the shore, and I am back at work. Thus Wilbur’s words have special significance to me.
I think it is important to examine during Lent why we remain on shore in so many aspects of our lives. Especially in these trying times we move even further away from the water. “Don’t give your day job,” is said everyday and resonates as sound and solid advise. But where can you in your everyday life “dip your toes” at least “in magic waters?” Can it be found in your journal, during meditation, and the most likely source — your prayer life?
I also think during Lent that we need to spend some time examining where is your “ocean?” Is it in your marriage, the company of friends, your children and/or grandchildren. How do we incorporate our “ocean” more into our daily lives. Maybe there is something we can do every day that allows us to leave the shore of what we know and enables us to immerse ourselves in the healing waters of our personal ocean. If we can do that this Lent we truly will have cause to sing.
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