The Ocean

 I walk along the beach; its sands are endless white and go on for miles.  I love the ocean, any ocean. I am at Lido Beach; Aruba; Turks and Caicos; Greece, Split. Everywhere I travel, there are oceans, and I am always drawn to endless stretches of sand and aqua waters. I am no longer the beach swimmer I once was, but I still love the feeling of its water swiming over my feet. It is here, at the beach-any beach, but particulalry off-season, when I find the most serenity. I love to swim, too, and when I am in the pool (not the ocean), I can swim endlessly, which I do over the summer. It is the quintessential meaning of peace.

It is here I offer my prayer. They say sea and animal life is in danger because of water pollution. It is also said that we are in danger, particularly in coastal communities, of terribly dangerous storms which could destroy many inhabitants and their environs. We have seen these natural  disasters wreak havoc on Florida and North Carolina. Please save our planet from the destruction of global warming. I know the head of the EPA in the new administration will most likely adhere to the political ideology of no global warming, even in the face of clear indications otherwise. But it is science, science is real and you can't diminish the power of air and water pollution, storms which have destroyed communities.

Please protect our oceans, our sea and animal life, the land we live on. You need to save the earth we live on. This is not about politics. It is, instead, about love. Without love of your people and this planet, what is--at the end of the day--left to save?

Amen!