To many people they look to things to make them feel whole.
Some look to a higher power, some look to others, and some look to nature to
feel complete. For some the feeling of wholeness comes from the ocean. There is
something about it and I still cannot put my finger on it. There are so many
aspects to its vastness, that I cannot name one. So I took it upon myself to
seek out what others think of the ocean. I “googled” quotes about the ocean and
I clicked the first link, which actually turned out to be a good one. The first
quote I read was from Gandhi he said, “You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean
does not become dirty.” -Mahatma
Gandhi (Good Reads) When I read this I thought people, really important people
have also found something about the ocean. They have compared it to humanity,
and still having faith in people, as constant as the ocean is people will
always be drawn to it one way or another. This site that I found it really
neat, it compiles many different people
with many different ideas of the ocean and what it means to them.
But in this search I have still not found what it exactly
means to me. I am okay with that only because the ocean does not mean just one
thing for me. I have recently started to surf again. Surfing was a staple
growing up. My dad got me surfing at an early age but as time went by I
stopped. So the memories that I have with my dad are shared at the ocean, and
now that I am surfing with my husband they are shared again. I have many
memories that are shared near the seaside and I will only continue to make more.
I think that is the greatest part, knowing that as deep and wide the ocean is
my experiences and my memories can fill the space the ocean possesses. Which in
the end makes me feel whole and complete, and just happy.
"Quotes
About Ocean." Good Reads. GoodReads Inc, 2012. Web. 5 Mar 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/ocean>.
