Lessons from the Wild Ocean

 Every week, I drive to the beach. It’s not just a trip—it’s a ritual. A ritual that has healed me, stretched me, and reminded me of how magnificent nature is in all her glory.

The confidence came first. Those narrow, steep, winding roads used to terrify me. But each drive became a quiet victory, proof that courage grows in the doing.

The healing followed. Sunrise silence, the ocean’s endless horizon, the sheer beauty that only The Most High could create. I began to whisper to myself: If I come from the same Source as the ocean, then I must carry its qualities too. Imperfect, yet magnificent. Restless, yet divine.

Three years later, rain or shine, I am there. The beach has become my mirror.

Today, the ocean was wild. Waves crashed harder than I’ve ever seen. Where the river met the sea, the sand broke apart, the energy roared.

At first, I thought: This is not inviting at all.

Yet the water was warm, the sky cleared into a crisp blue, and a rainbow arched above me. Nature was loud, chaotic, beautiful.

Then it happened. I slipped off my sandals—my beloved pair from Brazil—and a huge wave claimed them. In three years, nothing like this had ever occurred. I stood there, half laughing, half mourning, talking myself out of chasing them into the wild water.

What was the lesson? Maybe this: sometimes we don’t need to enter, we don’t need to fight, we don’t need to hold on.

Sometimes we just let it be.

Let the feelings crash like waves.

Let the energy roar.

Let the rainbow remind us that chaos clears.

Because like the ocean, we are multi-dimensional—wild, soft, loud, serene, temporary, eternal.

And maybe losing those slippers was the ocean’s playful way of saying: Release. Trust. Flow.

Peace

Where have you surprised yourself by finding confidence in something that once scared you?

What “slippers” (attachments, habits, expectations) might you need to let the waves carry away?

In what ways do you allow yourself to be wild, loud, serene, and soft—all at once?

How can you honor the temporary storms in your life as part of your wholeness?

This January, the Rooted Series will be a space to explore exactly that—how to anchor ourselves in nourishing rhythms while staying open to change. It’s about cultivating habits that ground us, without binding us. If you’re ready to begin the year with balance, presence, and intention, join me in the Rooted journey.

Rooted: Where consistency meets transformation