When you view the featured picture, what do you see?

What metaphor for life could this represent for you?

Do you see a bountiful, bubbling supply of love flowing out of a full cup, and enriching the lives of those downstream? When I am of a happy optomistic disposition and viewing the glass of life as “half full” the fountain brings me an image of pure joy.

However, today I see a different  picture. Today it seems like a river of parting waters. As the flowing water divides, many tears are shed. The purpose of this blog is to share with you the reason for my current half empty glass disposition.

I am presently battling with some “sad” news. The Chula Vista RV Resort is closing down and will cease operation as of February 1st ,2019. The Chula Vista Marina is presently staying as is, but will take on a new personality as the RV Resort closes.With this news I am fluctuating through different stages of grief- including sadness and anger. Acceptance is still looming in the background and I am sure as I move on from this news and accept it as factual, I will revisit regularly the sad and angry stages.

Though it has been made public that the San Diego Port Authority has great plans for a new convention center, motel, not- as -close new RV park, and shopping complex with plenty of parkland; this process has been in the making for many years now, and just seemed like it was something for the future ,not something that would affect me directly. Instead of me sailing away into the sunset from Chula Vista Marina saying goodbye to the RV resort, I will  be witnessing the termination of this resort. I will no longer have direct access to everything it has offered me, including-

friends, happy hours, water aerobics, line dancing, games, laughter and smiles,

companions, yoga, stretching and toning, craft sessions, cooking activities, listening ears,

mates,  Karaoke, Trivia nights, potlucks, painting, wine tasting, celebrations, hugs,

amigos, concerts in the sunset pavilion, beautiful gardens to photograph and admire, shared stories

and friends.

I now will live through it’s closure and some of the growing pains as noisy trucks and earth moving equipment buzz,  while shifting and compacting heaps of soil  – all symbols of “progress”- pain that needs to be endured in order to improve and create a better, modernized facility. Was the existing R.V. Resort  perfect? … , nothing is; but this paradise is being replaced by what some deem as a modern updated paradise. The ghost of the present RV Resort , the memories of wonderful times and soul mates will be stored in a treasure chest in my heart.

So as I look at this fountain today I see tears shed for the loss of future possibilities to mingle with friends, to retreat, to relax, and to tune off to the busy outside world. I feel empathy for those regular guests of the RV resort who lack the opportunity for true closure]. They had their last visit without knowing it was their final stay. When these guests last departed they had booked in for another visit in a years time, thinking they still had one more chance to have their last Chula Vista RV happy hour with their companions, while watching the sunset over the bay.

“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Or as I am a lover of dance I would like to re-write this quote as –

“Tis better to have danced and stumbled, than never to have danced at all.”

I dedicate this blog to all those who have joined me in the dance to the music of the RV Resort. Change is inevitable and can be for the good. It can also hurt and be a hard process. As a little fish in the big sea I can not influence those at the top of the corporate food chain, but I can make the most of what is available, and the memories and lessons learnt in this part of my life will never be taken from me. What I will miss is the sense of community and the ready access to facilities and activities right at my boat’s slip. I will always be a better person from the interactions with the diverse community of people who touched my life with their stories and actions. MY CUP INDEED RUNNETH OVER.

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” –A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh

So I guess it is party time. Let’s celebrate the memories, make a few more in the coming months and plan for what will take it’s place. Let’s make each moment the birth of a possibility. Time is not waiting for us. Let’s “ROCK the world in LOVE!”   and “Dance the Night’s Away!”

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

“When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.” – Katherine Jenkins