It is funny how God can explain things through nature... life is like the tide.

There is a constant wave.. ebb and flow... a constant up and down... a monotonous soothing pattern....
Then there is also the high tide and the low tide.... being aware of what point of the "tide" we are in... changes our response...

You don't look for shells at high tide... and you don't waste your time building castles at low tide.