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Appreciation of all we have, time alone with my thoughts

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  My favourite place, alone with my thoughts on the beach.   This part of our beach is not so welcoming and/or hospitable, as many other beaches, it has lots of washed up forestry waste, sea creatures and quicksand everywhere.  This makes it my favourite place to walk.  I love it, no one anywhere for miles around, makes me truly appreciate what I have in my life.  I am blessed to have a husband who works on the beach so often drops me off in remote parts and I walk, trying to get fit, trying to find interesting things to photograph, but mostly being alone with my thoughts.   In this fast paced world full of online "friends" and a ridiculous amount of media to keep us amused, there is very little time we spend alone, breathing the air, fresh air, deep into our lungs and letting our brains calm down for a moment.  People say they do not have time, but often spend hours on the internet or watching tv.  There is time for what we make time fo...