*Everyone needs some Vitamin Sea (Featured Author @cheergirly-za)
Salt in the air and sand in my hair
Have you ever felt that life is just too much and sometimes it feels like you can’t breathe? Well I have found the perfect cure and it’s called Vitamin Sea.
There is just something about the salty smell in the air and the sand between your toes, that makes you forget about all of your problems and for a single moment it feels like you can breathe again. It recharges your battery and replenishes your soul.
The strange thing is that one of my best holidays was at the sea with my family. But the question is why I would want to go on a holiday with the people who drive me absolutely crazy?
Wallace J. Nichols, a marine biologist, believes that we all have a “blue mind” — as he puts it, “a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peacefulness, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment” — that’s triggered when we’re in or near water.
The reason why I like the sea so much is not just because of the way it makes me feel, it is more about the memories I made there.
To me family is everything and my best memories with them are at the beach. When I was just a little girl I lost the love of my life, my hero, my Daddy to cancer. I can still remember the times when my dad and I would walk on the beach, pick up shells and catch crabs in the puddles by the rocks.
He woke up early every morning to go fishing and he would bring the biggest one home for supper. He took me fishing with him the one time, but fishing just isn’t for me.
South Africa has really amazing places to visit and extremely talented people. I always make sure that I have a camera with me because of our extraordinary sun sets and sand art.
If you ever get the chance to come to South Africa you should go visit a place called Ushaka Marine World. It is an aquarium which contains 32 tanks totalling 17,500 cubic meters of water, a dolphin stadium which can seat 1,200 visitors and the seal stadium can seat about 450. Apart from the dolphin and seal stadiums there are shark and penguin feeding shows to enjoy.
Ushaka Marine World has a wet and wild water park filled with fun, exciting, heart racing, blood pumping rides, including the highest water slide in the southern hemisphere. This is defiantly something you can put on your bucket list.
A Day At Sea
© Melissa Roberson
Published on July 2007
As the ocean waves at me,
And the sand greets the sea,
The fish swim free,
And shells wash up by me.
The sand squishes suddenly,
Between my shoeless toes.
Then the tide flows over them,
And back down it goes.
The salt is on my tongue,
The sea's song is sung,
The sun is going down,
And so my day at sea is done.
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Very cool. I use to live in S. Florida by the ocean and absolutely loved it. I miss it so much. A day at the beach is the best way to start your day. Thanks for posting this. Frank
Thank you Frank. I also love the beach byt stay about 6 hours drive from it the same as the young lady whos article this is.
I have a very deep appreciation for the ocean and I can only imagine how much you miss it. Thank you Frank
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Great post and I like idea earning of the steem dollar will promote new authors and a diversity of content. Thanks
Thank you btcbtcbtc20155. There are too many out there pouring their hearts out in each article for weeks and earning less than a $.
I live on an island and it's hard to get away from the ocean. Wouldn't change it for a million dollars. No, I would but it's still awesome.
You are very blessed cryptobarry, I would love to exchange places with you.
It's not tropical though :D
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island
You live on a beautiful Island though. Thanks for the link I've learnt a few things. You must post some photos and tell all about your Island.
That's amazing cryptobarry, I've always wanted to live on an island
Wish your family happy forever @crazymumzysa
Quynhtn. Thank you. This is not my family though. It is a young girl I am helping out by posting her articles.
Thank you so much quynhtn I truly appreciate it.
very good post. I am also a photographer, but my writing skill is less.
Jayaram that is great. If you have some good ones you would like me to post for you find me on chat and send them there.
Thank you. I love taking pictures as well, there are just so many beautiful things in the world.
I live next to the sea so see it almost every day and can agree about it 's therapeutic potential.
You are very fortunate thecryptofiend. I would love to stay close so I can go for a walk to reconnect with nature every morning and eveni g. It helps me to relax, I only have a concrete jungle in which I need to somehow find my inner peace.
Yes that's the thing. The city where I live is right next to the sea so I can just take a walk to the beach it is less than a mile away and I can see the sea from my house.
Absolutely heavenly. You must enjoy it and think of our less fortunate. Wink wink
You are so blessed, I can only imagine the feeling of waking up with such a great view
Ha -- I stopped by to read because Vitamin Sea is also the name of one of my favorite albums. Unknown band, no longer together, but great humor, harmony, and variety: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/freshcutsalads :)
But honestly, the sea is plenty healthy for all of us. I'm surrounded by Great Lakes, but no salt in the air when you visit them.