and looking out across the bay at a beautiful island, surrounded by mist, as it has been countless times before. The sun burns the haze away as it starts it's march across the sky. The water is choppy and the smell of the sea fills my head as I sit and watch this again, just like I have hundreds of times before, from different places and in different bodies as my soul manifests itself in this realm once again.
A thousand years ago the scene here was the same, but there was no internet back then. There were no cars. There were no cell phones. There were no grocery stores. If you needed eggs, you had to go get them from under a chicken. If you needed milk, you had to milk the cow. If you wanted a cigarette, you had to roll it up. If you wanted to know how your family was on the other side of the bay, you had to start a fire and send smoke signals to communicate.
And before that, there were no people. There were only animals and trees and plants and bugs and water and sun. And nature was doing exactly what it is doing now. It didn't need us to get in the way.
And all that came before brought me to where I am now, sitting on this deck, enjoying a nice hot cup of coffee and soaking all of this in, that which was here before me and will still be here long after I am gone. Thanks for letting me stay and enjoy the view.
