Sunday, November 30, 2025

Space

I feel a confidence in the way I have been moving throughout this trip that has given me a new awareness of space.

This morning a Brown Booby and a Masked Booby, two different but related seabird species soared together along the port side of the front of the ship.  They each seemed to own their own space without interfering with the space of the other.  There was a beauty in the moments they soared side by side following one another, neither the sole leader.  And there was a beauty in the way they would separate and do some of their own exploring or fishing before reconnecting again.

Masked Booby

Brown Booby

I didn’t have that balance in my marriage.  I let him shrink my space and be the shadow over both of us.  So it feels so liberating to be reclaiming my space again.  There’s a freedom and a joy in being my own person without limits.  So this trip so far has been a lot about finding my own space and feeling comfortable in that space.  And I'm really enjoying interacting with people along the way.

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