Lessons from the beach - hard packed sand

I'm watching the waves run over the sand it reminds me of the way our lives work. The waves just keep rolling over the sand, washing away all the loose bits. What's left is just the core, the really hard packed base that we can walk on easily.

That's kind of how time and events work in our lives. If we just let the unimportant bits, all the loose sand, wash away, then we are left with the base, the core of who we are. And if we focus on just living in the core then life is easy, like walking on the hard packed sand right at the waters edge. The further we remove ourselves from the tough choices, the things that help us let go of the loose sand, the more loose sand we hang on to and the harder the walk - just like the dry sand at the beach. I'll take the waves!