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As you walk down the worn path toward the beach, the world feels unusually still around you. Each step sinks slightly into the softening ground, and with every step you find yourself drifting deeper into thought. You think of the twists your life has taken, the moments that shaped you, the ones that nearly broke you. You think of the days when you doubted you would ever make it this far, and the nights when your hope felt like a flame far too small to warm you.
Yet here you are, moving toward the steady breath of the sea.
And now, as the sand shifts beneath your toes and the waves call out in their steady rhythm, you feel something inside you loosen. The air tastes different here: quiet; gentle and honest, reminding you back to the days when you were a child and all that mattered to you were the flowers by your feet.
You let your gaze rest on the horizon, that thin line where the sky meets sea, and for the first time in a long while, you feel the weight you’ve carried begin to soften. Not disappear, just soften enough for you to breathe again.
And in that breath, you realise you’ve made it this far not by accident, but by a strength you rarely give yourself credit for. A strength that has carried you through every dark night and brought you here, to a place where healing is allowed to begin.
So stand here a little longer. Let the waves speak to you. Let the wind remind you that you are still becoming, still unfolding, still worthy of gentleness. The sea is not the end of your journey. It is only the start. You're not sure how long it will take but you've become more sure of finding happiness at the end.
As you wait a little longer, your attention drifts, and you notice a small table beside you, as though it had always been there, quietly waiting. Without fully knowing why, you set the wallet you’ve been carrying upon its surface. The act feels deliberate, almost ceremonial, like an offering, or perhaps a letting go.
You turn to walk away, the sand laughing beneath your steps. And just as the distance grows, you hear—the faintest voice rising from the wallet. A soft call, familiar in a way that sends a shiver through you, telling you "Keep on going. Everything will be ok in the end."