When you walk onto the Salton Sea, also known as the Bombay ruins,
you will come face to face with a beach
in complete shackles. And when I say shackles, I mean you will feel like you are
leaving the place with an infection of some kind. You will walk around rotting
seagull carcasses. And you are bound to walk through piles of dried up fish. On
top of all that, the air smells of rotting meat.
To your surprise, you will learn that back in the 50's and 60's
that same run-down beach was once a thriving vacation destination. The beauty
in today’s Salton Sea lies not in its past beauty, but in its current hideousness.
Despite its disfigurement, the beach accumulates many curious visitors who
admire its state of wreckage.
The Salton Sea reminds you that nothing is perfect and all things
are indeed fleeting. Your beauty is fleeting. Your life is fleeting. Your love
is fleeting. And, you are inevitably fleeting. Once you are at the end of your
fleeting life, what would you like to be known for? What mark would you like to
leave on this fleeting world?
For me, I want to be like the Salton Sea. I want to be admired
despite my imperfections and fleeting existence.
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