Bill Bryson often says it like none else.
And isn’t that true? We rush to make life easier, happier, more fulfilled. Yet, in the hustle, we forget to pause and ask if it’s all meaningful.
What if we shifted focus?
What if we sought less, simplified more, and made space for what truly counts? Comfort and happiness are fleeting; meaning endures. Perhaps it’s time to pause and ponder.
Watching the sea is strangely soothing. Maybe it’s the rhythm, the constant motion, or the way each wave races forward, trying to outdo the other—only to dissolve into nothingness at the shore.
For all their frenzy, for all their rushing, the waves end the same way—spent, quiet, forgotten.
Maybe that’s why we stand by the shore, staring at the water. To remind ourselves.
That the daily rush, the endless chasing, the competition to rise above—often leads nowhere.
That it’s okay to move, but also okay to pause.
That holding on to life lightly, but tightly is what truly matters.
And maybe, just maybe, the sea has been whispering this to us all along.
(at Pattaya, Thailand)