Yesterday afternoon we took a walk by the beach. It's refreshing and if you bundle up over your bathing suit--I wore two hoodies--you can enjoy both the water and stay warm while you walk.
Anthony pointed out to me that there were dolphins feeding off in the distance. Usually around sunset, we see a dolphin or two just cruising parallel to the shore.
I've been whale and dolphin watching many times. The trick is to look for the birds over the water.
Like this:
The dolphins when they feed chase the fish from below. The fish jump out of the water to escape the dolphins, only to fall prey to the waiting seagulls who are actively feeding too.
What we saw were a few birds, consistently moving with the pod, and dorsal fins we know were from dolphins that would come and go.
This was the first time ever we could see them feeding from the shore, it was very exciting! I stood on a tall rock so I could get a better view. It felt wonderful and magical to see this part of Nature.
Between that and the incredible sunset, I felt like Ross pulled out all the stops and sent a fantastic Valentine's Day gift to me. Even when we walked back to the car, frogs were singing and croaking in the marsh. It's one of my favorite sounds, like the coqui frogs in Hawaii you can hear by Hilo or in the hills of Kona. It was enchanting!
But we were the only people who saw and appreciated the dolphins!
There was a lot of people, families mostly, walking up and down the beach. Many were lost in their thoughts. Many were either taking pictures with their cell phones or staring at them. Others were interacting with their children.
They walked right past us!
Nobody even thought to look where we were looking. They thought perhaps since the dolphins were near the sunset we were looking at that.
There was a father from Northern California, with his daughter (I later saw the mom with the son too)--I could tell because he had on a Golden State Warriors hat, and the daughter had on long pants with rain boots. Many people come to visit the area. I showed him the dolphins. He was excited and his daughter almost ran into the ocean to go see them. They didn't know what to look for. We said to follow the birds.
Later as we sat in the sand just soaking in the views, the dolphins came back, looking like they were in a sleeping pattern, steadily moving up and down parallel to the shore. Very, very close to the shore.
Be present.
Be Here and Now.
If it wasn't for Anthony, I wouldn't have known there were dolphins out there.
Let God, who runs all of Nature and it runs according to His will, show you the vast number of ways that outnumber the dark, the despicable, and the horrifying.
This keeps you in the proper balance, the right perspective.
Yes there are terrible things that are coming out and need to be exposed, so they will never trouble earth and her people again.
Don't dwell on them. Take it all in perspective. Most of the earth is absolutely incredible to see.
We are lucky to witness it.
Ross
The tree men are out on the golf course. Carla hears the chainsaws. The work of the tree trimmers and tree 'executioners' is one of her least favorite sounds. Next to the freeway, dozens and dozens of large, mature trees have been felled to make way for freeway expansion.
As she drives past Carla prays for the trees. She doesn't understand why they must die. The trees, calmly and placidly accept their fate. It's time to move on they tell her. But to Carla trees are the guardians of Nature in her community.
These particular trees, right by the house, actually slow down and stop the wayward golf balls who find their way into her property. She hears it, the contact between the golf balls and the trees, and the 'drop'. She gives thanks for otherwise there might be injuries or broken glass.
So now she turns to trust. These trees have been here for a long time. They are healthy. Perhaps this is just the normal upkeep for them, that she never gets to see, because she is away at work and Anthony at school?
It looks that way.
What about what is normal and healthy in the Spirit world? With the garden of souls, and it's 'upkeep'?
That's where the ball lands in my court.
Always remember that there are things we cannot see or comprehend that are taking place at all times. Pets crossing over the rainbow bridge. Loved ones passing on. New puppies and babies coming to take their places. Everything is a cycle.
Never worry about the things you can't control. Always be resolute in hope and prayer, and pray for the Highest Good, the Best Possible Outcome.
Even for the trees, like Carla is.
The Pre-Op holding is back. No longer is it a Covid Overflow ICU.
Nightmares end.
When Carla talked to her patient, it was in the very same space where she had been called to gear up and intubate someone who was in distress, who eventually died. Carla felt a mix of both horror, at what had taken place, and joy in the return to her 'normal' working routine.
She met a wonderful patient, someone from Europe, who also didn't have a middle name and was named after her grandparents like Carla's mother was. Her father had been taken away to a work camp in world war two, three years of hard labor at a farm in Austria. They bonded. And Carla could have gone home, but chose to stay and take care of her, because she liked her.
It is Carla's opinion that people who are into the 'real and not mainstream news' pay particular attention to people's perceptions/views -- the people who have experienced Communism and oppression firsthand. Like the orthopedic surgeon from Russia who defected. This is the most accurate 'read' on 'current events' that is available. Listen to them.
Hope. And pray.
This isn't going to last forever.
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Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,
Peace,
Ross and Carla
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