Beaut of a Commute!

Living in the San Francisco Bay Area means taking into consideration "traffic" anytime one drives on the highways. I thought I'd left myself enough time this pre-holiday afternoon to drive from the county south of me home. However, when I got onto the highway I quickly realized that it was going to be bumper to bumper traffic for a long, long time and it was a very hot afternoon. So, I got off on the next exit and headed west towards the ocean. Turned out to be a great choice as the majority of the drive was spent in just crazy beautiful environs...through the rolling golden hills of horse farms and cattle ranches, the cool, moist air smelling of eucalyptus along the bay and finally the grand view of the Pacific Ocean. As I drove I just kept feeling so lucky not only that this was my commute but also now that I live so close to the ocean I get to have a whole new relationship with it. And the funny thing is that my entire system seems to be needing it. You know how certain foods or smells are at one point or another the exact perfect thing that your being needs? Well, there's something about the air, in particular, but also the expansive view of the ocean that at this moment in time is what I would call medicinal. And I didn't even know it until there I was snortin' up that fresh ocean air looking out across the edge of the earth and it felt as if my cells were being rejuvenated. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, what a lucky duck.