Friday, December 18, 2009

Still and Silent


I went for a walk by the village quay. The water was so still and silent I could hear the dripping of water trickling down a mooring rope on a nearby boat. Although I couldn't see it, I knew a Grey Heron would be standing like a silent sentinel out on the seaweed covered rocks beyond and that the calling Curlew were still shuffling for position near their watery roost. The Bull reared to defy Orion the Hunter and the Seven Sisters seemed to be winking in the direction of Perseus and Cassiopeia in the night sky. It's OK, the little shopping that had to be done was nestling in the car and my wallet neither filled my soul nor weighed my coat as it was empty - I didn't care. The castle to my left looked as cold and grey as the air that surrounded it, yet mystical as it might have done in the days of the pirate Queen as she moored for the night beneath the limestone hills. Even though from where I stand I can see no coloured lights or hear any carols, I can feel its Christmas. Maybe its the frosty weather and short days. There are troubling thoughts and worries swamped in my internal landscape yet I feel lucky to be alive and humbled by the love given to me.
Happy Christmas & Peaceful New Year.

8 comments:

  1. What a lovely post! Reading it, I feel as if I am there myself taking that walk.

    Despite the grey castle, the silent water and the empty wallet, Christmas is felt in the atmosphere giving you a feeling of being alive and lucky, and that's all that matters.

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  2. Echoing Duta... felt I was actually with you as you was walking. And I hope your troubled mind soon finds ease, and that you will be able to make sense of why things are as they are. Sending blessings to you my friend for a steady 2010.

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  3. Duta and Vera - Thanks for greetings and glad you enjoyed taking my walk with me! It is indeed good to be alive and I hope you both find peace and good will over the last weeks of 2009 and into the new year.

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  4. A really lovely meditation.

    The best of the season to you!

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  5. Thanks T. A very Merry Christmas and have a great New Year.

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  6. You write so well,I could have been there with you,it was so descriptive.
    Since coming home from the epic christmas holiday we have been house bound by perma frost ,ice and now snow,being up the mountain,there is no easy way down !!!Hope all is well with you.

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  7. A wonderful, thoughtful post, Christopher with such reflections. Forget the empty wallet. What you have within yourself, your heart and your brain, are priceless.

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  8. Hi Julie and welcome. Thanks, yes when things get into perspective it can be almost liberating.

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