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Orbitz Gum for the Soul

November 14, 2012 by Southern Sea Muse

Just minding my own business this past Sunday, doing what I do best, and looky what treasure washed up!

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Shell, deposited right at my feet.

Doesn’t get any better than this.

Keep in mind, I foolishly thought if I sat on my arse a while longer and waited for the tide,

I’d be rewarded with more pretty shells.

Alas, the bottom of my low-slung chair got nailed with the next overzealous wave

and instead of treasure, all I got out of the deal was wet-butt for the rest of the afternoon.

So I got up and went for a walk, hoping the sea breeze would dry me off.

And this is what I found:

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An all-natural shell island, carved out by the tide with little treasures exposed at the top.

Lots of them.

I was delighted and humbled all at once to have discovered the beauty made entirely outside my awareness until its discovery.

When you do what you do simply to do what you do,

just because,

without meaning to do or find anything extraordinary,

extraordinary sometimes finds you.

And then there’s Mrs. Em… Thank you

for your sweet words and for sharing with the world so many talented bloggers.

Like discovering a shell island,

We are blessed to get to know them all, and enriched beyond measure.

I am going to run out and get some Orbitz gum just to see what my blog is like, as you described.

In the trenches, it’s difficult to know what others see from the outside.

And the offer for iced tea on the front porch still stands.

We’ll chew some Orbitz, too (but not at the same time as the tea!).

Oh, and the general upshot of this post is that you can’t sit on your buh-hind and expect great things to show up at your feet.

Get up once in a while to let the wind dry off your uncomfortable butt and you might just stumble on

Something even better.

Okay, and since I work with kids, I have to simplify:

Do your best, don’t get lazy and step out of your comfort zone once in a while.

Only then can you connect with and acquire greater things,

Things you may never have known existed.

And for Pete’s sake, don’t stay in your chair with wet-butt.

I’d much rather you explore the beach with me.

Let’s go!

Thanks, God, for blogs and shells and friends and all unforeseen treasures You put in our path.

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Posted in Beach, God, Inspiration, Life, Photography | Tagged Blogging, Orbitz, Shells | 14 Comments

14 Responses

  1. on November 15, 2012 at 22:51 cindy knoke

    This is all lovely!


    • on November 16, 2012 at 22:02 Southern Sea Muse

      Thanks, Ms. Cindy! So happy to have you with me here on the beach.
      ~~ssm


  2. on November 15, 2012 at 20:38 gracefully50

    But I so want to just sit and enjoy the ocean…..I want to sit on my butt! 😉
    Great post!


    • on November 16, 2012 at 22:01 Southern Sea Muse

      Thanks, G50! I hope you had a lovely vacation. Glad to have you sitting here with me…
      ~~ssm


  3. on November 15, 2012 at 13:57 Our Life In 3D

    I love this! It sounds like every day on the beach is your mind starts to drift, thinking of every reason in the world why youdon’t have to get up off your arse. Thanks for the trip to the beach this rainy afternoon!


    • on November 15, 2012 at 14:00 Our Life In 3D

      In fact I just gave you another award at my blog!


      • on November 16, 2012 at 22:08 Southern Sea Muse

        Great goodness, I thank you, 3D! I am SO dying to find out the 2 truths & a dare. I’d have to pick #2…speeding is my pet sin.
        ~~ssm


        • on November 17, 2012 at 08:58 Our Life In 3D

          Yes, speeding was one of my down falls ‘as a kid’; I’m too impatient!

          # 1 was false. Shannon’s band was a favorite around my home town growing up and when I moved to Myrtle Beach I introduced them down there. But we haven’t gotten together since the 80’s. I was glad to see one day he made it big with a ‘stadium filling’ band. Have a great weekend SSM!


          • on November 17, 2012 at 10:25 Southern Sea Muse

            Thanks, 3D! Interesting info. Let’s hear it for leadfoots!


            • on November 17, 2012 at 15:17 Our Life In 3D

              Just keep all 4 wheels on the ground SSM 🙂


              • on November 17, 2012 at 18:06 Southern Sea Muse

                Tryin’! 😀


    • on November 16, 2012 at 21:56 Southern Sea Muse

      You are very welcome, 3D. Thank you for drifting with me…
      ~~ssm


  4. on November 15, 2012 at 11:19 Emily @ The Waiting

    There’s that breeze again! That crisp, minty breeze! You, my friend, are what makes the place great.


    • on November 16, 2012 at 21:49 Southern Sea Muse

      Oh, my, thank you, Mrs. Em! Backatcha, dear friend.
      ~~ssm



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