Today I give thanks for the ocean, brilliant turquoise in the sunlight and a deep mallard green-blue during the storms last night. It is soft and gentle against my ankles when my toes seek firm sand, but then the power of the waves combined with the undertow nearly knock me down with their strength.
Water connects us all. It is mapped in our bodies with the blood flow through our veins and arteries that transports nutrients and oxygen. “In 1897 French physician Rene Quinton discovered a 98% match between our blood plasma and sea water…Our bodies have been shaped and formed by water - we have an ocean inside us. Like the Earth, we are 70% saltwater.” (Oceanographic Magazine)
We humans are just a part of the biosphere, and it saddens me to realize how we have collaboratively managed to damage this wonderful gift of life, treating the ocean more like a sewer than a relative to be cherished. When the oceans are healthy, we are healthy. It’s as simple as that!
I’m incredibly fortunate to be in Puerto Rico right now, where the hard work of restoring and maintaining the ocean and its shoreline and all waterways across the island is bringing back its rightful title, “La Isla del Encanto,” or “The Island of Enchantment.”
Today I give thanks for the ocean and for everyone working to keep the oceans – and humankind – healthy and strong for generations to come. Together let’s make the earth “La Planeta del Encanto”!
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