April 24

On a classroom wall of my boyhood hung a picture showing a lonely beach with the tide out and a boat stranded on the sand. Few things look more depressing than a boat left high and dry by receding water. The inscription under the picture said, “Remember, the tide always comes back.” There is ebb and flow in the vicissitudes of human life. When everything goes against you and it seems you can hold on no longer, never give up. The tide will turn.