Buoyancy

With all due respect to those who for health reasons cannot partake, food lacks flavor without salt. I’ve used salt often, both sea and kosher, in the kitchen over the last month. Salt also helps us to float in the ocean. This last week I’ve been with family and friends at the beach. We’ve shared some good time around table and wonderful seafood. I’ve also enjoyed playing daily with my boys in the sand and the surf.

This morning the water was clear and calm with low, rolling waves. For a few moments I found myself floating, thinking about sabbatical. Floating requires a dose of both balance and relaxation, mixed with an open yet quiet attentiveness to one’s surroundings. Rising and falling with the waves as they come. It’s something of an out-of-body experience, a oneness not often found.

Sabbatical has for me in many ways encompassed these very same elements. I’m thankful to have had this time at the beach and the opportunity to reflect on sabbatical while floating at sea.

Peace…