Nature. There’s something magnificent about nature.

The way leaves ruffle, the wind whistles, the sun shines and birds chirp.

That day, I found myself surrounded by nature. The calm and stillness that it brings stirs my soul. It gives me life, energy and freedom.

The beauties before me were hypnotizing. They were calling me. Pulling me in as if I finally found a home. My home.

The sun was setting. The sun and I have been friends for a long time. But this was my first time seeing Lake Ontario. 

The vastness of the Lake was stunning. Its waves, astounding. I moved closer and closer to catch the sun’s reflection on the Lake. It was incredible.  As I moved closer towards the Lake, I felt my feet off the floor.

What was happening? Suddenly,  I was no longer on shore. I saw myself with a group of birds flying and making their way home after the day’s work.

I didn’t understand.  How did I find myself up there? One minute, I was inches away from the bank of the Lake and the next minute,  I was flying in formation with the birds.

We had a leader. It flew in front and the rest of us followed. We flew towards the sunset then diverted for reasons I did not know.

At that moment, I paused. Now I knew fate brought me here.

I have never seen the sky from this angle. I thought the Lake was vast. But then, I realized the sky is just as vast too. I saw the point where the Lake kissed the sky. It was beautiful. Unique and unlike anything I ever saw. I was lost in thought when I finally noticed that I had fallen behind my group.

I paused for a bit. I needed to soak in the view before me. “I can always catch up with my group.” I thought.

There was something about the vastness of the sky and Lake.

So vast, that I realized that whether it’s on air, land, or water, I am equally as vast.

I looked beyond the horizon and wanted to see the end of the sky and Lake’s union but as I got there, I saw the point had shifted.

I kept flying but the point kept moving. And then it dawned on me: the place the sky and the Lake meet is limitless. 

And so am I.

I finally understood the point of the sky and Lake’s coupling. There was no coupling at all. I only imagined it. I imagined an end to their vastness.

They are limitless. You are limitless. And so I am.

As I sat with this truth, I found myself among my bird group at that very moment. I wondered if they too had deciphered the message.

We flew round and today, our leader chose the Lake as our home. We stopped there and then I found my feet back on the concrete.

Thank you, Lake Ontario,  I’ve gotten the message.