I'm not a very religious person. I have been to church probably 13 times in my almost twenty years of life. There is a very spiritual part of me though and I feel as if a lot of these sacred places speak to that. Past generations had their own religious beliefs some very nature oriented and others praying to ten different gods. But all have been able to see the beauty a place may hold. I think finding a beautiful place where you feel you can let yourself go is the most sacred place on earth.
This weekend I was at the beach. Now I know if you turn away from the water your looking at so much civilization and commercialism, yet if you turn back to the water it is such a freeing feeling. To hear the waves crashing and feel the water surrounding your feet for but a fleeting moment before it disappears again to not be distinguished from the rest of it. The knowledge that so many have looked out on this water before maybe feeling the same ariness is thrilling. We as a society do so much to our waterways, pollute them, move them, stop them, drain them, and yet here it still stands. Stronger and bigger then ever before. There is so much we have learned and so much we still have no idea about.
That is a sacred place to me standing on the cusp of any body of water. There is a feeling of a higher power circling through the water, standing on each of the waves and placing every piece of sand. There is a reason our footprints do not last long on the sand of the mighty ocean, there is more to come and our foot prints are but momentary specks on this vast land
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