Tides

Merrie, my daughter, and her husband Rich went on a road trip last summer that took them through parts of Canada. One stop on the trip was the Bay of Funde. The tides in the bay draw visitors to the area all the time because the rise and fall of the tides is so great. Years ago my mother expressed a desire to see the rising tide at one of the tidal bores on the Bay of Funde so she and I went on a mother son road trip. Growing up on Cape Cod I was aware that tides vary with the phases of the moon and the season as well as from place to place. I had reasons why I loved high tide, but just as many why I loved low tide. The ebb and flow of the water shows the reality of constant change.

Our lives seem to move like the tides. We have an ebb and flow in life that is as constant as the changing tides. Perhaps the ebb and flow in life is less predictable but we can predict that the life tides will change. Some moments in life are like Funde and fills us with huge highs or almost unbearable lows, while other life tides are gentle and we almost can't even find a clear reason for the changes. One thing is clear and that is that no matter what the change, high or low, the future will bring something new and different as life moves on.