NOW.......

EcstaSea is due for some loving, tender care and maintenance now as this is her 5th season in the Mediterranean Seas. And Palma, Mallorca is just the place for quality professionals to do the job right. So we are in and out of Palma as certain repairs are done. The "out" part is going around the island to some of our favorite coves to anchor in the crystal, clear waters and laze the days away.
We recently traveled up the the northernmost point of the island to Cala Engoussaba--an old favorite remote cove from our first year here in 2008.

We had 1 fabulous day and night there and expected many more (as we had checked the weather). But once again we were reminded of the changeability and transient nature of life....very quickly !
The (unforecast) winds picked up the 2nd night and kept us up all night just watching and making sure that our anchor was secure as well as the other 3 boats in the anchorage. At the break of dawn it was clear that this was an unsafe cove to stay in and sadly we picked up the anchor and moved on out to "who knows where". Oddly, the winds and waves were troubled and churning every which way and so we chose to head back down the coast in search of a calm, settled area to rest in.
Unfortunately, halfway down the coast the wind caught our main sail  just right and ripped it in half---WOW!!!! Just means it was time for a new main sail and back to Palma we go. But not until we were able to rest and relax in a new cove for us called "Cala Egos".
Hmmmm, Cala "Ego".... What is that telling us???
What a perfect time and place to check our "egos" and spend some quality time in meditation and reflection. Of course, our minds (egos), want  to  remind us that it "shouldn't" be this way. That we want to "be there and not here". Same old story--just different place and circumstance. And so we were gently and lovingly reminded of the Power of Now and to Be here Now. End of story. Just present and aware and grateful for "what is" right here and now. We get it now, until we don't and forget, but are wonderfully aware that the Universe will lovingly remind us again and again.

It is NOW, always has been and always will be. The timeless NOW is all there is. We are challenged to remain present and aware, living fully NOW,  and EcstaSea is our wonderful teacher, NOW..........