Random Thoughts from Vacation

I am lying in my bed, listening to the ocean waves. I’m on vacation.

Last week, I did not touch technology at all. I stayed away from email, and I didn’t blog. Today it rained, so I thought I would catch up on some email and then blog some very random thoughts. Let me stress the word very here. Remember, I'm on vacation.

One

I should never live at the beach full time. I would be a complete bum, not in the sense of being physically lazy, but in the sense that I would tend to do activities I love but not serve as much as I should. I have had a great time swimming and kayaking in the ocean (twice right among the dolphins). I love it so much and tend to think that being a beach resident would consume me. I guess that’s why God plopped me down 3 hours inland after having grown up a half an hour from the waves.

Two

The ocean is a great symbol of God—vast, beautiful, scary and dominant. It can always remind you Who is boss.

Three

Out on the sea in a kayak is a great place to pray. Careful crossing yourself-don’t lose your paddle.

Four

When you like what you do, you miss your job when you are on vacation (after a week, at least).

Five

I coat myself with sunscreen (at least 50 SPF) all the time and sit under an umbrella much of the time that I am not in the water, so I don’t want to hear from anyone upon my return that I am a “sunbather.” Anyway, I don’t get a nice golden tan like real sunbathers, but rather appear as if I have rolled in dirt.

Six

On a vast number of people in this world, tattoos simply do not stand the test of time and gravity.