A pressure builds in my head as I scribble down due dates and assignments in my agenda. It builds and builds almost causing me to stop all productive activity and ceases all motivation. What is this pressure that envelopes the daily lives of all college students? Stress.
It really is quite a nuisance by the fact it nags you about things you have to do yet all the while lowering your motivation to get these things out of the way. In this very moment I am stressed and am a prime example of stress’ influence by the fact I am writing this blog at the moment rather than doing the momentous amount of reading I have.
So as to not to fall into stress’ trap I shall make my thoughts short and sweet. I decided to go far away from home for college and now find myself in a state with no ocean nearby and heavily dressed in snow during this winter season. And in this moment of stress, I find myself particularly homesick for the ocean.
There is just something so relaxing about the crash of the ocean waves as they come running up the sand coming to a slow foamy stop. I can barely be stressed while staring out across the ocean, my bare feet wiggling the grains of sand in between my toes and my lungs breathing in the clean, brisk ocean air. That sense of peace from the beautiful blue washes away the stresses of life, as if the key to life, as if the purpose of our very being on earth is found in this vast expanse of water.
So yes, Pacific Ocean I miss you and your seemingly calming powers. Being away from home, I guess I will just have to stick to my video I took of the ocean sunset and enjoy the snow outside acting as nature’s pillow as it sleeps this winter only to be awakened at the call of Spring.
In My Thoughts 