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Island Dreams

ANCHOR YOUR SHIP AND ARRIVE AT THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND CLOSE TO THE WATER WHERE THE AIR IS PURE AND THE FISH SWIM IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA. OCEAN BECKONS YOU, WAVE AFTER WAVE AFTER WAVE. LOSE YOURSELF IN THE LULL OF HER MOMENT. SINK YOUR FEET INSIDE THE WARM SAND AND LISTEN TO THE SEAGULLS. THEY ARE A MONOGRAPH OF THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS YOU. (B) THE PALM TREES ARE PRAYING WORSHIP TO A GOD THAT OWNS THE HAND OF A BLESSED CREATOR. HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN BIG OR SMALL NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM. THE ISLAND TURNS TO A MAGICAL PLACE IN THE EVENING. STARS AND THE MOON APPEAR AS IF ON CALL AND THE BREATH OF DUSK APPEARS BRINGING IN THE SALTY SEA AIR AND THE LONGING FOR RESTFUL SLEEP (B) WE BUILD A HUT ANDA LITTLE FIRE BY THE BEACHSIDE THE SIT AND WAIT FOR THE MAGIC OF AN ISLAND NIGHT. THEIR IS MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND. FROM A DISTANCE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE LIGHT AND SMOKE FIRE . YOU CONSIDER GOING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. THEN AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT YOU THINK, "ERHAPS I'LL WIAT TIL' MORING" (B) THE WARM AIR PUTS YOU TO SLEEP AND THE LAST THING YOU SEE BEFORE YOU GO TO SLUMBER LAND ARE THE WINGS OF AN EAGLE AS IT HOVERS OVER THE HORIZON. YOUR BODY FEELS STRONG, INVIGORATED AND HEALTHY. TOMORROW YOU SAY, TOMORROW, I WILL GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND SAY GOOD DAY TO MY SOUL SISTERS AND BROTHERS. (B)

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Date: 10/12/2018 6:56:00 AM
Very enchanting journey Pixie. The island is peaceful and inviting..beautiful palm trees, the hut you built, and the ultimate meditative feeling of having arrived.
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