I recently spent a week in Ocean City, Maryland. For me, there is nothing more relaxing than sitting at the ocean’s edge, listening to the waves come and go.

I couldn’t help but notice that no matter how many sand castles were attempted, no matter how many feet left their prints, no matter how many people tried to dig for burrowed crabs, the powerful waves would smooth out the sand, essentially wiping it clean of all that had come before.

Everyday is like that for each us. No matter what goes well or what goes wrong, no matter how happy or how sad we might feel, no matter what we accomplish or what we fail to achieve, every single day is a fresh start. Our slate is wiped clean and we begin again.

Embrace the opportunity and make the most of it.

Clean slate

Photo taken in July 2016 on the water’s edge at Ocean City, Maryland.