love & gratitude
There are at least four Starbucks located about the same distance from my office, but I like the one inside the Marriott Long Wharf the best because when I go there, I can see the ocean and the boats and the tourists with their maps and cameras, and that makes me happy.
Today I can tell summer is getting closer because the smell of the ocean is unmistakable. During the warmer months, the salt smell hangs thick in the air like fog. As I sip my latte and walk along the harbor, I almost forget I'm only on a coffee break from work. If I face the sun, close my eyes and breathe the ocean air deep into my lungs, I can almost believe it is summertime -- early June maybe, when the breeze is still cool, but summer nonetheless -- and that I am on the beach somewhere, and any minute, when the breeze dies down and the sun on my face gets to be too hot, I'll dive into a wave and forget the world.
But when I open my eyes again, reality isn't so bad either. Because the truth is that even as I leave the office for a coffee break, I can walk along the seaside, taking in the saltwater air and feeling the sun on my face. And with that kind of reality, I suppose the real world isn't such a bad place to be.
Today I can tell summer is getting closer because the smell of the ocean is unmistakable. During the warmer months, the salt smell hangs thick in the air like fog. As I sip my latte and walk along the harbor, I almost forget I'm only on a coffee break from work. If I face the sun, close my eyes and breathe the ocean air deep into my lungs, I can almost believe it is summertime -- early June maybe, when the breeze is still cool, but summer nonetheless -- and that I am on the beach somewhere, and any minute, when the breeze dies down and the sun on my face gets to be too hot, I'll dive into a wave and forget the world.
But when I open my eyes again, reality isn't so bad either. Because the truth is that even as I leave the office for a coffee break, I can walk along the seaside, taking in the saltwater air and feeling the sun on my face. And with that kind of reality, I suppose the real world isn't such a bad place to be.