Paralda - The Rocks

The Rocks

By Daniela Hurtado

There is a place that reflects my emotions. It is a place that makes me feel loved by nature. There in the hidden rocks at the edge of Lake Tahoe, I get lost in my thoughts. The Rocks, how I named them, is a place that fills me with peace. It makes me feel that I can trust in myself and also makes me strong to go forward in life. Closing my eyes and letting my senses to take over my soul, I receive all the energy that this place has for me. The big rocks at the edge of Lake Tahoe, the fresh smell of pines, and the blue waves from the lake in summer, are combined together to form the best place to find peace. I visit The Rocks usually in the afternoon when it is getting dark, so I can appreciate the beautiful picture of the sunset. Here, I feel happy, supported and reflective because just standing there, the magic of this place takes control of my mind and makes me the Queen of The Rocks.
The smell of the pines and the fresh air carry good memories and feed my heart of happiness. When I am there, nothing is more important than to lay down on the rocks listening Lake Tahoe’s water singing in the air, inviting me to enjoy it in the ritual and the good feelings that this place wakes up in my heart. When I am really sad, like when I fight with my mom, the Rocks erase all my pain from my heart. It feels like the air cleans my inside with each breath, leaving me with a pure soul. When I am sad, I feel like something is stocked in my chest, and each breath hurts. If I am in the Rocks, my lungs are open for a new and pure breath.

This place makes me feel supported because when I have a problem, just standing there, I feel how the nature gives me the force to confront it and resolve it. The green of the pines makes me think that I have a hope in my life, telling me that I can do everything I want and wish. For example, last semmester I was turned down because of the stress of school, but the pines gave me the hope to think in a better future for me, and to get good grades.
Laying on the rocks, give me a strong power that runs in my veins, making me feel like the place. I start feeling my hair cold but fresh, like Lake Tahoe’s water. My arms and legs are like Jeffrey pines, so strong that I know I can do whatever I want if I fight for it. I also feel how my heart becomes a rock, strong and filled with story. I learned from the rocks that not all the things are like we see them. We see rocks like something big and strong, but they have story. They have been in the earth before humanity.
I know this place so much that I identify myself with it. It is like if the Rocks would be inside me. When I am there, I close my eyes and I feel protected by the pines, the rocks, and also by the sun in summer. They protect me from bad feelings, moments and thoughts. If I am there, I am in my bubble where nobody can interrupt my peace. The rocks can fill the the empty space that sometimes I have in my being. Being there, I am comforted. It is like being at home because I feel that place like it would be part of me and my everyday life.
I feel reflective because when I am in the Rocks I am able to think clearly about everything I do. Sometimes, I like to go there because the place helps me to reflect on the days past activities and to question my actions integrity. The sky gives me its stars to illuminate my night and my thoughts like the beautiful night’s canopy. This place makes me forget bad things about the world. Here, I don’t think about wars, politics or something that makes me feel worried. I just go there to thing about the essential things about life like love, nature, and happiness. I use this solitude to improve my actions, making them helpful to our planet and society.
My pure place, The Rocks, is full of life. It is a place where no telephones or internet can interrupt, because nature is enough to satisfy my thirst of happiness, reflection and support. I don’t have other place in the world where the nature can help me to find the interior piece that everybody needs. There, I can feel that I am in heaven where everything is perfect.

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