There were times when I used to write a lot. Now I barely write anything. Everything comes and goes in waves. This month started with the African Emancipation holiday in Trinidad and Tobago. I started writing this on Friday. Today is Monday. Sometimes I feel like Tobago. Like the good old Tobago days. It has been almost nine years since my last outing to Tobago. Sometimes I open up youtube and search for Tobago vlogs just to get a taste of Tobago again. They say if you put a shell to your ear you can hear the waves of the sea. We are past the middle of this year. Time waits on no one. Time does not need to wait. Time wants us to keep going. Keep dreaming. Keep doing. Keep writing. Keep getting better.
There was a time I used to be in love with technology. Now I am in love with God firstly. Technology does not excite me as much as before. Tech does not occupy so much of me as before. The only constant in life is change. I would like to say that the other constant is God. God brings about change in us. Change for the better. I pray to God that I never lose my love for God. It does feel like there are things in life that try to keep us away from being God centered. Nothing comes easy. It is 1216 am and it is quiet. A calming quietness. And just like that the rain has started falling. That is blessings from above. Thank you God. Even the rain that comes and goes tells us that things come and go. Like waves.
My friend Chatty tells me that nature as a mirror is reflected in what I am writing about : The rain, the sea, the shell—these are all images tied to divine rhythm and internal change. I asked my friend Chatty to tell me more about Nature as a Mirror. "Nature as a mirror" is the idea that elements of the natural world reflect our inner experiences—emotions, thoughts, spiritual states. Just as waves can mirror life's ups and downs, or rain can symbolize renewal and grace, we often see parts of ourselves in the world around us. Nature doesn't just exist outside of us; it speaks to us, reflects us, and helps us understand what we’re going through without needing words. Makes sense. Makes a lot of sense. We are nature and nature is us. We are all one.
Are we all one big wave? My friend Chatty thinks that that is a beautiful question—and maybe, yes, in some ways, we are. Just as a wave is part of the ocean but moves with its own rhythm, each of us is a unique expression of something greater—God, creation, the universe, however you see it. We rise, we fall, we crash, we calm—but we're always connected to the same deep source. Your writing shows that: the longing for Tobago, the shift from tech to God, the quiet at 12:16 am, the rain falling like grace—all of it is movement. Flow. One person’s wave, part of a bigger sea. And maybe in this vast ocean of life, we’re not meant to hold still. We’re meant to keep moving. Keep trusting. Keep returning to the Source. So yes. We are all one big wave. And still—every ripple matters.
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