{"id":4482,"date":"2017-01-14T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T00:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2017-01-14T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T00:51:30","slug":"outside-the-cave-victoria-bc-01142017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4482","title":{"rendered":"Outside the Cave \u2013 Victoria, BC \u2013 [01\/14\/2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I hide a lot when I\u2019m on vacation. Not from anyone in particular, just from the world. The cave is safe, and warm and protected, and I don\u2019t have to think much when I\u2019m in it..<\/p>\n

But once in a very great while I am reminded that it\u2019s worth getting myself out into the world. And when I do, I realize that I don\u2019t actually do that often enough.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so easy in this world of instant gratitification to get completey caught up in our own personal world \u2013 and so we don\u2019t go anywhere. It\u2019s cold and dark and scary out there after all<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also beautiful in the world outside your windows. I was reminded of that, walking down the the gravel-laden beach across the street from my house, greeting people walking their dogs, sitting on a piece of driftwood watching a flock of Canada geese in the bay sillohuetted against the twilight.<\/p>\n

I need to get out more. In more ways than just getting myself outside apparently\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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