Normans Cay- Stuck in a postcard

Human nature is a funny one....

Locked into everything that doesn't serve us.

Some people see it, and strive to break free and forge their own path.  Yet even then the struggle to not fall into old habits seems almost impossible. 

Today we awoke to a beautiful anchorage! 

The waters are what is often featured on post cards. 

The beaches are soft with sand as white as snow, but of course warm to every step as what feels like soft powder pushes up between your toes. 

Surrounded by breath taking hills and caves that shelter you from the winds, it's a rare moment of safety.

The catch?

Twice a day the moment rolls around when you must decide if NOW is when you push on. 

Only twice a day will the water be replenished enough to allow for safe passage outside its walls. 

And to be honest one of these happens at night fall, which means really you have 1 option. 

A decision that must be made everyday....

And today was the day....

We watched as 100 boats dwindled to 2. 

As people struggled with shallow waters and blowing winds. 

Escaping to the outside world again....and outside the safety of this prestine place. 

Leaving us to ponder how many have been able to step free from those human habits. 

You would think that these free souls living on boats travelling the world, would have an upper hand. That they would be one of the few that broke free from chasing the next must or have too....

And yet I think human nature is that there is always the next step.....stealing the very now away from us (no matter how prestine and sought after just the moment before) 

We sit here.....still pondering our next play....

Determined to make a choice based on the moment. 

A choice rooted in the noise of options...but that often goes unheard.

Whatever tomorrow brings we took a needed pause. 

A needed breathe.....

We made a choice which no matter its outcome we have to believe was the right one for us. 

So here we sit.....

'Stuck' in the a place so beautiful most people will never even be able to imagine it.....








 


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