I Am Spoiled

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I have always loved the ocean.
Throughout my life it has been a special experience I have only had a few times.
Until now. I am spoiled.

My apartment for Year Course in Netanya is a maybe seven minute walk to the beach.  Our beach is one of beauty, calm waters, and only slightly spoiled sand.  It is here where a crash means peace as the waves fade in and out of tide.  The ocean and its sparkle is also one that is full of life. 
I have seen life on those rare occasions that is rains in El Paso.  It is the hours after a chance rain when green is dabbed over the normally plain and brown giant rocks we call mountains indicating the existence of life.
However, in my current home for another six weeks, there is no need for a chance encounter with precipitation to feel that energy that comes from life.  It is a short walk to a sea teeming with it and the water calls my name.

Yes, the waves seem to call my name name infinitely as each individual wave flows in to the beach and back out to its entire entity. No longer separate, the entire Mediterranean is now waiting for me.

Who knew Year Course would allow me to live so close to the water and be so spoiled?  No chance meetings or waiting for the special occasion of visiting the ocean, instead,  it is the beauty that is Netanya, the luck of the draw on Year Course, and a satisfaction of knowing you're somewhere you belong.