Sitting out on the dock behind my home…one of those pristinely beautiful days…blue blue skies with big fluffy white clouds scattered across them, no humidity and a crisp wind blowing ….. sound of the waves the wind and the few boaters out are creating …you know those days….sitting and soaking in life at its calmest. Warm sun, cool breeze ..can you feel it? Close your eyes and see it?
In the past when I needed this feeling in my mind I went to the oceans shore. Heard the waves and felt the mist on my face..the sun shining down to warm me. Now I can walk out on my dock and be in a new calming place.
Wanting to find a creative muse this morning I have walked out here with camera, sketch book and journal to see what happened to inspire. ANCHOR just keeps turning over in my head. This writing started to develop around it..anchor…
My son had a large anchor tattoo with his daughters name across the base.
His good friend, Eric, designed a smaller version for me with a microphone in the center and hearts cut out on the base and top..prominently now tattooed on my arm (a bit larger than I had planned). In remembrance of my son…
We “drop anchor “ to hold our boats in place..much like coming out on the dock anchors my mind and heart,,,grounds me when I need to stop and be…not do… just stop and inhale.
They seem to pop up everywhere,, they remind me of my sweet son …and I smile and know he’s near me…his love of the water and it’s calming to our souls is embedded in my family.
Anchor…to set, to hold firm, fasten, hitch, moor…
After watching my church’s online service today..about change…how we have to really want it..not just “sit” in our acceptance of what is….. I serendipitously had another following pop up ….. reminding me how God truly cares about even the smallest details of our lives… 2 anchors thrown out to me back to back…there are NO coincidences anywhere!
My path was crossed in late April and in early May it was suggested, in kindness, that I seemed to be “sitting in it”. That wise person has recently moved on from my life but I learned much about myself the last several months…change is needed greatly…to survive living..to stop just existing…to breathe life in fully…….change!
Switchfoot’s song, “Dare you to Move”, just came to mind..so I played it..really heard the words this time.. noooo coincidences.. take a minute to open it in utube..well worth the listen …..I dare you to move…Live like today never happened before..maybe redemption is right where you fell (maybe when your anchor drifted without being aware it was moving ever so subtly…like mine has been)
So today I see that to change we have to really want it..God cares about our minute details…make sure our anchor is placed firmly so we don’t drift and it is the correct anchor carefully chosen and placed. I clearly felt this sketch bubble out…
Settle into change where it’s needed on this journey called life………..make sure you have THE anchor……I dare you to move…..
Reflections on Life’s Journeys 