Learning about Peace and Happiness from Single Parent Sea Turtles?

We are in Hawaii right now I just got back from an amazing afternoon beach walk with Lucca– We saw several sea turtles!!! Down at the beach I had a moment to just sit and stare/listen to the ocean (and watch the turtles) and do a bit of journaling..I wanted to share with you some of what I wrote…

Lucca is dozing off to his nap in the shaded stroller beside me. This scene is almost perfection. Or maybe not even almost . It just is: Perfection. (What would I change about it? nothing. So often the ego resists being content. Why? Its silly…Good thing I caught her this time, and I let her know sweetly that there was nothing about the moment that needed or should be different). I am more than happy; I am actually peaceful.

Its late afternoon. We are down at the beach and the crowds have all turned in for the day, so mostly it’s just us, and since one of “us” is sleeping, it’s very serene. The waves are crashing and daring to teach me the meaning of meditation. Every time the wave comes in and before it breaks on the rocks obscuring what lies just beneath in salty foam,I get a glimpse into the lives of four joyful sea turtles. Describing them as “joyful” is not personifiaction; I think they really are joyful. Intuition tells me so (its that feminine power in me connecting =). Thats what love about nature and spending time in places that remind us it’s not just about “us” (i.e. mankind). There are a whole lot of other creatures here that are going about living and being here on earth, and often have a lot to teach us about how we might be able to better do that ourselves….like just being in the now; being playful; experiencing joy.

I’m watching the four sea-turtles do their thing and I notice how there are two big ones and two little ones. I wonder if they just might be two single mommas playing in the surf with their two beautiful babies. They could be…the four of them are definitely embodying the modern single parent family spirit– They are living their happily every now.
And here with Lucca, so am I.