Worthing – lizalizaskysaregrey

A Space in Time

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 lizaaitken

I found the space I needed,

though I didn’t know it at the time.

A space to clear my thoughts away,

a space to give me time.

I didn’t know I was searching,

it quite took me by surprise.

I thought I needed people near,

such space I’d never tried.

But I’m finding myself in openness,

time is mending my heart.

I know that life will wait for me,

be waiting when I start.

I’ve found a little space in time,

a safe space for recovery.

I now know that I’ve needed this,

just took me a while to see.

I thought this place would be boring,

that people I’d need to find.

But I’ve found a piece of heaven here,

it’s so gentle on my mind.

Down to the Sea

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 lizaaitken

I want to walk out to the shoreline,

but I’m not wearing the right shoes.

I must come back again tomorrow,

with footwear I can abuse.

I’m looking out to nothingness,

while sitting here on this rock.

That it’s so calm and peaceful now,

is quite a culture shock.

The sun is shining brightly still,

though it’s heading home to bed.

I like this part of Worthing now,

it sort of clears my head.

Some photos of the sea, two minutes from my flat. I’m not keen on the town but love the space to seashore provides.

I wonder what this pile of pebbles is all about?

A Temporary Stay

May 9, 2017 lizaaitken

I’m renting at the moment, it’s temporary. I’m renting a flat while I take a breather, plan for the future and set myself up, but it’s certainly temporary.

Life is temporary, we are here for just a while and yet our spirit is infinite, our spirit continues long after this life. We travel through many lives, what seems to us a lifetime is just a temporary stop off, like another lesson in school. We enter the classroom, absorb what is being taught, store it somewhere, gather our things and go onto the next lesson.

I like the flat I’m renting, it’s new, modern and spacious. I’m on the balcony at the moment, I just love having an outside space. I don’t like the town of Worthing, it’s not my sort of place, the people are not my people, it’s hard to explain but Brighton is more my vibe. Brighton is full of interesting people, vibrant, weird and wonderful. I can find stimulating conversations on every corner, art and music are just a stones throw and the food choices are huge. I tried to find a good bakers today, I’ll go into Brighton tomorrow and while I’m there, I’ll go to Infinity Foods and stock up on essentials.

We could be born anywhere, each time a different place or keep returning to the same place time after time. I think we are involved in choosing but we might also be drawn back for reasons, unfinished business or to continue a lesson. We might stay up to a hundred years, maybe longer, often shorter but it is still only temporary compared to continued existence of the soul.

I can cope with living in Worthing, I have space and I need space, I’m minutes from the sea and the beaches are not covered with tourists. The sea smells of seaweed and not beer and candy floss, that’s certainly a plus. I am fourteen miles from Brighton and can go in any time I need a fix, my son lives in Brighton.

If we look at life as temporary and break it down into parts, we can see it is all temporary. The good times and the bad, nothing lasts forever and it’s good to make the best of what we have for as long as we have it because the tides will change and another lesson will present itself. Each time life presents us with challenges, welcome them and know they are temporary, that they are there to teach us and they won’t last, brighter days are just around the next bend.

Temporary