The Sea and other Happy Pills

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There are a few things that can switch my mood from sulky to happy, a.k.a the things I like.

One would be the morning sun and how it warms both my heart and my skin.


I love how it gives me the feeling of a new beginning. A clean slate. It's Lamentations 3:22-23 presented artistically right in front of my eyes, and oh man, I won't have it any other way.


A genuine conversation can do the trick, too.


I mean, I know if it's just one of those canned interchanges of predictable questions and shallow answers.


While this is convenient and can save us from awkward situations, the truth is, a real and strong human connection doesn't grow out of mere small talk. Right?


It has to move a little deeper than that. Those who care enough to stay, listen, and offer a certain level of vulnerability get the real deal.  And it makes me happy every time I get one.


And then, the sea.


As a kid, the first magical creature I managed to draw was a mermaid. But I love the sea and the sound that it creates, not because my childhood muse "lives" there as the legends say. Like the morning sun, the sight of the sea pierces something in my heart, too.


Freedom and wonder.


You know, when you live and work in the city, there's this tendency to get too caught up in the hustle and bustle of things.


The striving, the need to keep up, and the need to toil.


Sometimes it can be very exhausting. But a quick trip to the beach from time to time serves as a wonderful breathing space and helps me reset.


More than liking them, these things also function as my "commercial break" every time life gets a little overbearing.


They don't exactly give me the rest that I need, but they help clear the clouds in my head, paving the way for me to hear the voice of the One who can truly calm the waves.


(Answer to a blog challenge | The things I like)

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