Going Nomad |
The sea cures all ailments of man. Plato I did not end up in Port Alberni or Qualicum Beach. Instead, I ended up in Powell River , a small town bordering the Pacific Ocean. I found that perfect little house and some land, so come spring I will get my chickens, my veggie patch, some more fruit trees. Maybe more dogs. Over the past months, I experienced stress between me and my ex, whom I consider otherwise a great friend, the move to Powell River, during the same time, no matter how exciting, was also stressful, and on top of that, my son was in hospital six times between May and December with overdoses, which has been gruelling. I was not myself for some time under the weight of these stressors, especially those related to my son walking a tightrope between life and death. Now, after months of agony and anxiety, a sense of renewal has come over me. My son is in treatment with a no contact with the outside world rule, which, after all the turmoil we have gone through, feels restful and therapeutic. Recently, the sealions arrived en masse for rest and food as they migrate from Alaska to California. They piled up on the beach and pier, barking, sleeping, playing. I could hear them in the early morning on my property, which I found magical. I went to see them most afternoons, just sitting on a log on the beach with a thermos of tea. Watching them and listening to their relentless barks daily was wholesome. Then there is the ocean and the group of women (aka the Pow Town Popsicles) who swim daily and who have taken me in. The combination of being in and near the ocean, the kind and gentle support from this group for my trials and tribulations with my son, and the daily laughter (the laughter! Not long ago it was a particularly stormy day and we were hooting and hollering and howling with laughter like children in the waves!) have been healing. I recently learned that there is a word for these women and myself; we are thalassophiles; meaning we are lovers of the sea and find calm and peace in it. Photo credit: Shelly Duke Rysdale Russel Indeed, as Rainer Maria Rilke, Bohemian Austrian poet (1875-1926), put it: When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.
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