The waves of fortune, the vicissitudes of life, can wash us forwards and wash us backwards, they can push us higher up the shore and drag us back into the depths. Sometimes, when we need solidity and stability, we might try and cling to a rock. We may succeed, or the waves might rip our fingers free. Yet eventually, for most of us, there will come a time when the tide recedes and then we may find ourselves in a quiet rock-pool that perfectly suits us.
The pool is warm and familiar, it contains everything we want and need: we're in our Comfort Zone and there is no need to look beyond the pool. After a while we may cease to even notice that there is a world outside our pool. We can live, harmoniously, and choose how to spend our time.
One thing you can rely on: the tide will come in again. If you spent your time in the pool wisely, you will have fashioned a life-jacket. If you didn't...
Cheers, Tom.
catsInVienna
my two weeks was spent in my own pool and it was much needed 
your right we need to do this I think to recharge and recoup 
Great picture! Your text is true. It is important to have a life-jacket. We are living in a safe and rich countries, but we have also problems and life is sometimes difficult. For me is fortune to see the small things, the important things, like nature, animals and of course other people. You are not rich, if you have a lot of money. You are rich when you have a good education, a "sweet" home, family, friends a job which you like it. Our inner life is important for our fortune.