Unravel the strings that tie you down.
Release the stones you carry on your back.
Look up.
See the roots of the lotus
beneath the surface,
growing from the mud.
The tide is not something to grasp.
It is a moment to feel.
Allow the ripples to soften your thoughts.
Become water.
Flow softly over every stone.
Resist not the current that carries you forward.
Every river knows the way back to the sea.
