The tide falls after rising. This is not failure but rhythm. Retreat enables future advance.
When the tide falls, see what is revealed. Low tide shows the ocean floor, new opportunities.
Do not despair at falling tide. It will rise again. Use the ebb for different work.
Falling tide tests what was built. What survives the ebb is worthy of the flood.
Rest periods are falling tides—energy retreating, gathering for next surge.
The wise work with falling tides, not against them. Harvest the retreat's revelations.
Even in falling, the tide is still tide. Retreat is part of the pattern, not its absence.
The universe may experience cosmic ebb—eventual heat death, or cyclical contraction. Falling too is natural.
WEITERMACHEN through falling tides! Continuation does not cease in retreat—it prepares the next surge!