Cape Cod Journal - 2008 - Part one
When last did you take a vacation? Do you need one now?
My family started our second annual Cape Cod vacation on Saturday with an uneventful three hour drive from Connecticut. I cannot believe that another year has passed since we were here. Yesterday, with the crashing waves and a wind that was stronger than is pleasant, when I realized again the value of a vacation. This is why we work so much of the year - for a few days of appreciation.
As I write this, the early morning birds are chirping. Nauset beach is a few minutes down the road from our vacation cottage and has become our favorite beach. Nauset beach hosts the usual characters that we have encountered on beaches in South Africa as well. People of all ages and sizes, from toddlers burned to a crisp while parents nap through the well-tanned and fit lifeguards to the aging as well as the overweight.
Fifty something degree sea water welcomes ever child and occasional foolhardy parent. I experienced three stage of cold sea water while playing with my son in the waves. On entry the water is very cold. Within three minutes, your feet and legs are numb to the cold and no longer distracted from having fun. After fifteen minutes your skin starts to burn from the cold. This is when I get into the sun again to soak up some rays. Children seem immune to the cold and my son joined the group of youngsters who enjoyed the waves without regard to the bone-chilling water.
Sitting on the beach gave me the opportunity to read portions of the 10th Anniversary Special Edition of "Chicken Soup for the Soul". Chapter one is written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, titled "How to live your dream". This fifty-five page chapter concisely guides readers through the process of setting and reaching goals including the use of affirmations, visualizations and the Law of Attraction. This first chapter is the highlight of the book and a valuable addition to the stories.
Breakfast and dinner are usually at the Orleans "Hearth and Kettle" where they serve absolutely fabulous fish. All is right with the world as I sit on the beach with my family, reading and relaxing and savoring the break from work and home life, thinking and pondering the future.
If you relate to my message, then isn't it time that you took another vacation? Is your family overdue for some time with you on the beach away from everything?
My family started our second annual Cape Cod vacation on Saturday with an uneventful three hour drive from Connecticut. I cannot believe that another year has passed since we were here. Yesterday, with the crashing waves and a wind that was stronger than is pleasant, when I realized again the value of a vacation. This is why we work so much of the year - for a few days of appreciation.
As I write this, the early morning birds are chirping. Nauset beach is a few minutes down the road from our vacation cottage and has become our favorite beach. Nauset beach hosts the usual characters that we have encountered on beaches in South Africa as well. People of all ages and sizes, from toddlers burned to a crisp while parents nap through the well-tanned and fit lifeguards to the aging as well as the overweight.
Fifty something degree sea water welcomes ever child and occasional foolhardy parent. I experienced three stage of cold sea water while playing with my son in the waves. On entry the water is very cold. Within three minutes, your feet and legs are numb to the cold and no longer distracted from having fun. After fifteen minutes your skin starts to burn from the cold. This is when I get into the sun again to soak up some rays. Children seem immune to the cold and my son joined the group of youngsters who enjoyed the waves without regard to the bone-chilling water.
Sitting on the beach gave me the opportunity to read portions of the 10th Anniversary Special Edition of "Chicken Soup for the Soul". Chapter one is written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, titled "How to live your dream". This fifty-five page chapter concisely guides readers through the process of setting and reaching goals including the use of affirmations, visualizations and the Law of Attraction. This first chapter is the highlight of the book and a valuable addition to the stories.
Breakfast and dinner are usually at the Orleans "Hearth and Kettle" where they serve absolutely fabulous fish. All is right with the world as I sit on the beach with my family, reading and relaxing and savoring the break from work and home life, thinking and pondering the future.
If you relate to my message, then isn't it time that you took another vacation? Is your family overdue for some time with you on the beach away from everything?
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