'Follow your vein of gold...beyond the horizon'
The place where the sky, sea and sand meet. I'm drawn to the beauty of the horizon. The colourful display through the clouds of the sun's time of sinking, the drama of the sky and water, the reflections and the beauty of the shifting tides, sand or rock formations.
It occurred to me yesterday while pondering the statement, 'beyond the horizon', that the horizon itself is only part of the picture.
Can you imagine going by boat toward the horizon? It's a romantic notion.
Sailing away out of the harbour, with the breeze through your hair and the excitement of adventure fresh in your mind. The horizon is the alluring distant promise of everything you dream and desire for your journey.
It compels you forward into the unknown.
This time I found myself imagining further...'what is actually beyond my horizon'?
Like in a marathon, the goal of finishing, achieving, crossing the line, can be the prize we are journeying towards..."but what's beyond that?!"
I think sometimes our eye can be so fixated on the horizon that we feel overwhelmed with the enormity of our own dream. As a result, sometimes we can live in a level of anxiety and feel the pressure of accomplishing our mission. Always pushing and hoping and straining to reach our horizon, but what if for a moment we imagine beyond that.
What would that be like?
For a marathon it could be imagining reaching 5 or 10m further then the line where the drink station is. Now there is a new picture to fix our minds on. The sensation of drinking water.
Taking this concept and applying it to my dreams; one of having a beautiful art studio overlooking the ocean, the other a grand piano.
I took the time to focus my visualisations to specific details, like the feeling of the sun streaming through the window as I put my paintbrushes out to dry on the veranda, the smell of jasmine flowers from the garden and the putting of my music books in the bookcase beside the piano. This experience made the concept more real and gave me something more incredible to think about, but without the stress. I could let go of the struggle, the big-ness and fear I had been carrying and instead relax in a strong sense of security and peace about the future.
I wonder what your dreams look, feel, smell, taste and sound like if you go beyond what you would usually see. What if thinking 'beyond the horizon' now can become your reality?
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