Run towards the wave.
This is like combining the two sayings:
“Go with the flow.” + “The only way out is through.”
Resisting the ocean is vain. You are not bigger than the ocean. When you are in the water, you are the ocean.
Trying to escape the wave will put you in a position for it to pick you up and throw you around continuously in its circular motion. You must, instead, run towards the wave. Dive straight into it.
Life is like this. You are not bigger than life, you are life. It will move through you, with you, sometimes barreling at you. You cannot resist, but instead run towards it, dive deep into it with all your strength, and perhaps even learn how to surf.
If not, life will constantly knock you down and keep you in the foamy shallows where the waves are always crashing. All while everyone else is swimming, living, breathing, enjoying their time in the sun.