Mirroring the resilience of the ocean

​I shared a video with the ocean roaring in the background yesterday. My friend Beth commented, "we all have the opportunity to mirror the resilience of the ocean."

First, don't comment on my posts if you don't want me stealing your wisdom. 😊

But wow. What a beautiful metaphor for resilience.

There I was, the day after a strong storm, I could see the water lines indicating the ocean had surged well beyond its normal bounds, an ocean in turmoil.

Yet - there it was - the ocean. The rolling waves. Still showing up.

The thing about waves I'd never much thought about until Beth's words, not only do the waves keep rolling, they keep rolling together.

They roll together and one wave always has another wave's back.

Waves are not individual drops of water finding there way to the shore. Waves are drops collectively working together with the wind and gravity to create forward momentum.

To create resilience.

I say often that resilience is not "you've got this."

Resilience is "we've got this."

The ocean is a collection of strengths coming together for one common purpose. Forward progress.

My friend Beth is right. We all have the opportunity to mirror the resilience of the ocean. We all have the opportunity to be a collection of strengths coming together for one common purpose.

Forward progress.

Everyone.

Together.

Like waves...

Maybe we should spend less time making waves and more time finding our waves.

Together.