“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”
- Isak Dinesen
I cannot begin to tell you how many times this quote has carried me through the waves of life. This chapter however, is about the reclamation period that follows the tears and the sweat and returns us to the sea of ourselves.
My energy shifted a lot this spring and brought me back home to my work in a new capacity. The shift came through a funny channel, as it usually does. I took a break from my day to day coaching work and became a PE/Health teacher for grades K-5 for four months. It was wildly hysterical and I found myself belly laughing on most days. I mean, who wouldn’t? The cast of characters that I met on this spring sabbatical were full of life, fresh perspective, and the contagion of energy was abound. There was joy, laughter, all of the emotions, and a whole lot of hope wrapped up in the every day game of dodgeball.
Isn’t it funny how we forget about parts of ourselves until we have the opportunity to access them? For me, it was teaching. It has been a beat since I have been in a classroom or worked in this capacity. But I assure you, there was no magic lost, and it is as if my soul remembered exactly where we left off.
I am grateful for this opportunity to have tried something new, and hey maybe I will do it again. I trust that the universe will put me exactly where she needs me to be. However, I think that chapter of sweat reignited exactly what it was supposed to.
I am back coaching with vigor, joy, and excitement for what, dare I say, the salt medicine of life, has unearthed in me once again.
I hope this message finds you deeply well with your toes in the sand and a little belly laughter for your soul.
Let’s rise,