The waves were coming in one by one, all the same as each other, one rolling wave splashing against the sandy shore as the last one had splashed. I felt a regularization in the systematic flow of each wave, predictably one after another, all sounding about the same, all with basically the same amount of frothy foam as the last wave had. It was like being rocked in a bed cradle as a child by my Mother, each rocking motion of the cradle being like each wave coming in, predictable, the same, building up a trusting balanced emotion, thinking that this is the way it will always be: no upheavals, no changes, no shocks.
But then, as I had just gotten used to the similarity of these forthcoming waves, one by one, I almost fell off the dock being startled as I awoke from the peace of my daydream, because one wave was not at all like the others! I was sitting there meditating and suddenly a larger, faster, more vicious water wave suddenly came pouring in! It surrounded my feet like an army as my feet were hanging off the dock; so I quickly jerked them upwards so my shoes would not get wet! This strange wave came very far up to the sandy shore, further than any wave preceding it, and as I found out, also further than any wave proceeding it. It was a miracle like no other miracle I had experienced at the water's edge, because it was a natural G-d given miracle, an unexplainable freak of nature. I now knew how destructive tidal waves felt to an innocent bystander who was not expecting it.
I was so surprised, that I did not stop to try to figure it out. I jumped up from my sedentary spot on the dock and hurried home. Wondering if and when another freak of nature would come my way, but knowing that this one was special, and its miracle to be remembered and cherished.
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