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my bliss
 

The surface is a barrier

‘Tween peaceful calm and stress,

Of which I am a carrier

That gives my life duress.

But when I dive and slowly sink

Beneath the watery waves,

I feel my mind begin to think

That though I am enslaved,

Once in this weightless relaxed state

My spirit is set free

To escape the rut and navigate

Uncharted territory.

 

 I feel as if I’m floating high,

As if I could be drugged.

Yet I’m alert, my mind can fly,

Restricting thoughts unplugged.

I feel my scalp is slowly smoothed

By all my exhaled bubbles,

That caress, stroke and gently soothe

And blow away my troubles.

I feel my muscles become less tight

With stretching and slow finning.

My mood lightens, I feel delight

And laughter bubbles grinning.

 

I stare in awe at my surrounds,

An underwater shrine.

Wondrous beauty that abounds,

Whose hand is this design?

I rise with wonder and elation,

Sink into a meditation.

Absorbed within my inner being,

Flushed with feelings of wellbeing.

But soon enough I must return

To the pressures of one bar.

But to know each dive I learn

How special these times are.

 
 

the doctor's thoughts ..........

Do you know what your bliss is?  We live in an age where we can all describe our pain, problems and neuroses, but how many of us can adequately describe our bliss.  Bliss to me is anything that suspends time and immerses us in the moment. It is nourishing to body, mind and soul and makes us feel real good.  It allows our physiology to normalise, our blood pressure to flatten, our pulse to quiet.  It allows our mind, our thoughts to settle,  to distant themselves from all the turmoil of our everyday life.  It lifts our spirit and lets our purpose, our meaning show itself.

I am a mad keen scuba diver. I moved from the st1:country-region>UK to Australia so that I could dive the Great Barrier Reef. It has been a life’s passion. I even designed my medical practice so that I could practice scuba diving medicine. I find it to be profoundly relaxing. Whenever I am diving everything else is irrelevant and I lose myself in the wonder of the underwater world.

What is your bliss ..... gardening, collecting, riding, trekking, sewing?  Whatever it is make sure that you allow time to follow it on  a regular basis.  they are special times.