"Creating Your Special Place"
The view is the beach
The smell is ocean air
I can hear birds
I see clouds in the sky and the sun is so bright
I hear birds as they fly around near me. Some are even sitting near me. I watch them and notice their beautiful colors. The sand is so beautiful and so serene.
This beautiful and special place I can call my own. A place where I can feel calm, relaxed and peaceful. A place where I can release all the stresses of the day. A place I can call my other home.
This is my very first seminary course. This course interested me from the very beginning after reading about it and I so much look forward to sharing my journey with all of you.
When I was visualizing my sacred and special place, I visualized myself at the beach looking at the ocean and up in the sky, listening to the birds and feeling the warm sun on my face. Then, I realized that I can not only visualize myself there in my mind, but I can be there "virtually." In my virtual world, I was sitting there on the sand looking out at the ocean, then I closed my eyes and listened to the birds taking everything in for a few minutes, then opened my eyes again to the most beautiful place that I can call my own and a place that I can escape to at the end of my day.
I've been an ordained minister since 2016, but "caregiving" has been my ministry for the past eight years, which is only the beginning of my new and amazing journey.
Blessings,
Eileen M. Scherf
If anyone is interested in trying this out if you have Oculus Quest, just look for "Nature Treks VR." You will have several scenes to choose from.
