Sunday, November 17, 2013

Slab City - Just Passing Through

 

There’s something about this place for us.  It’s hard to put our finger on though because it is a combination of so many things.  Most of what draws us here is what repels others.

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We’re different in that way; finding it easy to look over the wall that stops others in order to see the unique aspects or the potential.

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So, when our friend dropped a line to ask if we were going to visit this year it didn’t take us long to agree to a slight diversion in our original travel plans.

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It has been two years since our last time at The Slabs and for all that has remained the same a lot more feels different.

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            That’s o.k. though.  We can appreciate both sides of the coin.

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There’s a certain beauty in it all.  Like a quote we recently read… “(We) believe in the possibility of everything.”

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  There is a certain freedom in this place.  A freedom that fosters imagination.

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While others would visit this place and see despair, we always see hope and magic.

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We see a place that says, “You do not need to be confined to a set of rules that others have created to make themselves comfortable with your actions.  And, if you need help with that, my friend, I’ll do what I can.”

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       Creativity, independence and self reliance ooze here.

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At its most basic level, The Slabs it no different than many other places we’ve been.  And yet there is a silent intricacy of its elements that could never be duplicated.

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                                        Make of it what you will.

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For a select few, this is life; whether by choice or otherwise.  For us and many others, it is an opportunity to look past ourselves and to see the greater picture.

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At the very least, it’s a great place to kick back, relax, catch up with old friends, make new ones and renew your spirit.

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We are all visitors to this time, this place.  We are just passing through.  Our purpose here it so observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.

                                - Australian Aboriginal Proverb

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