― The Light in the Heart
This morning at dawn, I ran along the ocean on a barrier island near my house just as I have almost every day for the past year. There’s only two directions to go in - to the right or to the left. You might think it would be tedious to travel the same route every day. In fact, If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said the prospect sounded limiting and boring, but there aren’t a lot of options in the area.
After traveling the same route hundreds of times, I’ve learned that the beach, ocean, and sky never look the same from one day to the next.
Each morning, I set out with an intention of seeing something wondrous, and this wish is almost always fulfilled. Why? Because I set an expectation. Because I am actively aware and curiously looking for wonder. Because the world is full of remarkable animals, plants, people and phenomena.
This morning a dense blanket of fog crept in from the ocean obscuring the distant horizon and creating a mystical atmosphere. As the heat of the rising sun began to burn off the cloud cover a double white rainbow formed before me arching from the ocean to the first row of houses on the beach. According to Wikipedia, “A fog bow, sometimes called a white rainbow,] is a phenomenon similar to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain."
I was in awe. I tried to run to the place where it appeared to emerge from the ocean, but of course I could never quite get there. The fogbow remained out of reach.
People often ask me how I happen to see so many interesting things, and I say…
because I am out there, and I am looking. Try it.
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| Fog Bow on the Beach |
