3.7.2008Big fish in a small pond!

I realise that I haven't written for some time but my excuse is often the same, I was waiting for my soul to catch up with me. After 5 days in Port I feel pretty much settled, living with Mandy and Bart is so natural. In fact I managed to sit on the couch yesterday for 5 hours with no movement. Bart is a great chef and has been feeding us some yummy healthy food every night. And finally after watching a rugby game I understand it fully (ish). It was funny to hear Mandy calling it "game for meatheads" whilst I was trying to find intelligence, and Bart maintaining his composure with Mandy's comments…I just felt sorry for these men getting tackled, punched, kicked, thrown, splattered! Oh why??

So today I head into town for a walk on my own, listening to music on my ipod and I walked slowly with intention to really take in everything around me, took my camera out and snapped away. I've been amazed by the great weather in winter, the green around me, blue of the ocean and the sky…So I walked with a big grin on my face, smiling at the locals, reading signs, going inside interesting shops, I really felt that sun on my body and my heart.

In fact I've been seeing a lot of signs of love here, definitely a baby boom going for sure, but even looking at Denis-Juan and Bart-Mandy made me realise love is more than what I thought, well its different, has a lot of contentment. And the results of it is all around, old couples holding hands walking on the beach, children running wild in the parks, animals looking bemused, happy pets everywhere…Only unbalanced thing is that there are a lot of obese people around. Denis reckons Australia has now over taken America in obesity. That's a scary thought! Especially when nature is so easily accessible here.

Anyhow, I sat at Crema's sipping my flat white, reading Prem's "only way out is in" and watching the ocean time to time. What glorious, beautiful day! Oh, and I started to find lots of heart shape pebbles on the beach so love is definitely all around.

So I felt like a big fish in a small world today, wanting to expand and reach out…And I thought about the book I never wrote, perhaps I don't need to think about it anymore, it may happen organically. One day I will realise that I have already written it. Whenever that may be.

Love to everyone…

Ah, I cant end this blog…Because thinking about the signs of love all around, I noticed on Mandy and Bart's bookshelf many books of love and here is a quote from one (Timeless Thoughts on Love):

Love grows by giving

The love we give away is the only love that we keep

The only way to retain love is to give it away!