I can't be the water.

So there's something truly beautiful, truly amazing, truly astounding and metaphorical about the beach.  The sand, the sometimes grinding, sometimes soft material that goes between your toes and everywhere that just won't go away is us.  By us I mean humanity.  Because humanity has a tendency to stick to us.  We want to stay those beings that are often only soft occasionally when we want to be.  It doesn't matter how much you try to smooth out sand, it always looks worse. But the ocean, that's God.  We can try and try to smooth out ourselves, but it can never look as perfect as when the sea sweeps gently over the sand, making it pure again.  Making us whole and smooth again.  Stop trying.  Just lay there and let the ocean of God sweep over your soul.  Take time to read His word, and let His beauty sweep over you.  Absorb the warmth and comfort of His creation and let the waves creep softly up your skin and into your soul, holy, pure, and healthy with God as you become smooth and new again.  Say to yourself, "I can't be the water. I'm not enough to change me."  Those crashing and beautiful waves can change your life once you let go.