Plethora of Everything

I have a bed to lay my head revelation I have a home to call my own revelation I have a man that doesn't roam revelation I have good health, that's better than wealth revelation I have a bird that constantly talks but doesn't know a word revelation I have a cat that a car hasn't made go splat revelation I have a vision, a seed of faith that keeps me safe revelation I have a car that takes me near and far revelation I have a job that sometimes makes me sob revelation I have a family that's always there for me revelation I have stuff to eat, that keeps me on beat revelation I have rhythm for when I get the blues revelation I have 4 dogs; they're softer and sweeter than frogs revelation I have hundreds of simple reasons to say the word revelation and had this revelation without even having to take a vacation. :)

This morning I trotted down the stairs, out the door of my boyfriend's studio to make the 4 block trek back to my apartment. I stopped on the corner of 9th and Washington and looked directly behind me as the dogs peed. What I saw was Ocean Drive, and the short path to the beach. Staring for a minute I quickly recalled my own voice saying, "If I lived near the beach I'd go every day, just to sit there, look at the ocean and enjoy it." Well, now I live 5 blocks from the beach and I do not go every day. I go weekly, at least, but not daily. And that's not a big deal but it reminds me, as humans we always tend to take for granted that which we have, which is disposable or near to us. -Just last year I was swimming in the ocean in November! I was still so excited to be living here, so close to the beach that the cold water didn't faze me, I was child-like in the water. This winter I have not swam in the ocean once because it's "too cold." -And it w...