Advice from the ocean

On being unmarried at 37

"I am 4 billion years old and unmarried, do you doubt my magnificence?" The sun laughs and says "I am even older than ocean, do you doubt my magnificence?"

On comparing to others

"That shiny skyrise over there thinks it is the biggest, but what is it when compared to me?"

On not having purpose

"The sun simply rises and sets, is there no magnitude in that purpose?"

On feeling afraid

"Parts of me see sunlight when other parts see darkness, this is the natural order that shapes us."

On feeling sad

"I have light, shallow beaches, and dark and quiet places, both exist, both hold beauty."

On feeling anxious

"Waves crash over and over again, unceasing, all day, all night, breahe in, breathe out. Sometimes slow, sometimes rushed, for billions of years, and billions more."

On feeling unloved

"There are those that take our loving embrace and trash it. There are plenty more who will tend to us and help us feel ourselves again."

On lack of abundance

"The beach with no stones will be popular until I fill it with stones, then the other beaches will have their turn."

And

"Tides that flow out will always flow back in again, the changing of the tide always comes."

On pressure to 'be more'

"Am I ever asked to be more? Or am I adored for my innate magnificence?"