Photo: Multi-coloured "sea glass" recently retrieved from the beach (by my brill husband :)
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Living by the beach has many positives. One of them is what I call Sea Glass Therapy. Within days of my surgery (I took an early morning walkies with the pooches the second day after getting home from hospital ;) I became enamoured with little pieces of glass that had been finely and slowly ground down by the ocean to, what we have been calling, sea glass.
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These many coloured gems became a delightful meditation when walking on the beach. They are quite rare and sometimes we would find none. But if one slowly trawls the tidelines these little chips of glass can reveal themselves. They then get "rescued" by us and brought back to the house.
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I have always been an avid rock collector, still am, but sea glass collecting requires more concentration. And concentration is one of the main ways to still and quieten the mind and heart. This concentration practice of slowly searching for sea glass helped cool the mind and body system after the trauma of surgery. I have many good memories of walking the beach scouting for bits of colour in the sand and pebbles and at the same time releasing the tension of it all.
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So "Sea Glass Therapy" is now an officially recognized therapy by me. It works pretty well. You too should try it next time you go to the beach.
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(Hint: look for a small pebbly areas on the beach as this is the most likely place to find sea glass. And more of these babies get washed up after storms or big waves have occurred.)
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Happy sea glass hunting!
