Dreams of Being on An Island
- Sara Wilkinson
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
Have you ever thought about escaping all the hectic, chaotic, and draining situations in your life, to just be on an island far away from too many people and negative impressions/environments? In my experience, a lot of people do, that's why you see many taking vacations to exotic places, next to palm trees and beautiful beaches. They want to get away from the busy, stressful life that keeps one captured like "a hamster in a cage". Everyone can relate to that feeling.
As a Form of Mental Meditation
Apart from being able to afford a trip to be on an island, one could practice some mental mediation just by thinking about how it would be to be on an island. First step is to just take a moment to inhale and exhale deeply. After that, close your eyes for a couple seconds and imagine laying stretched out on top of the sand beach, breathing the fresh air around you, hearing the ocean waves coming closer and closer, smelling the freshness of the ocean life as well as feeling and enjoying the sunbeams touching your face and skin. The powerful part about all of this is, is that all of this can basically take place in your mind without actually being on a real island.
What Is It Like to Be on An Island?
Being on an island means you are surrounded by water and not in the middle of a crowd full of people. You experience solitude on an entire different level, where the nature is close-by and calms your senses. What happens is you are able to relax, your thoughts are more clear, you can reflect on things way differently than when surrounded by people and chaos. There are no chaos on an island. Nobody will stop you from doing what you are doing, you can just be yourself and take your time with things because you are not being rushed. At times it might feel a bit lonely but the feeling of freedom you get by being on an island has to be priceless. So, this also means taking the advantage of being able to take you to a different state of mind than you really are in, can be beneficial and enriching.
