in the vast and boundless expanse of the oceans, remember, my child, to disclaim any notion of being entirely separate from its essence. for within its depths, we find a pre-existent condition of life, an intricate web of creation that urges us to start over from the beginning, to reconnect with that from which we once emerged. the sea teaches us that although we may stand on different shores, we are never truly apart from its life-giving embrace.