[Also published on Cent]
Waves set life in motion.
We're all born into some relation to a wave.
Depending on a myriad of individual circumstances, your life may have started out in front of a wave, or you may have been lucky and started off riding perfectly through the barrel, or not and got slammed by a crashing one.
Societies can be on different parts of the same wave at different times. Different climates and other factors make the same wave look and feel different.
That's why when you visit another city or another country it can sometimes feel like you're going back in time or into the future. Don't be confused though, it's still the same wave.
Waves are trends. In Korean or Chinese a trend is called 流行 which literally translates to a flowing going. Waves are always flowing and going forward; until they crash and another one comes from behind.
Despite the wave of conspicuous consumerism that is still cresting for a large part of the world, it's crashing in many other places. Behind it a wave emphasizing experiences has been rising up and is beginning to crest.
Most people know that they are on a particular wave and end up simply getting pushed forward and consumed by it, sometimes to the point that they don't want to swim back out to catch the next wave.
The insightful can spot that a wave is crashing and thus understand how much more valuable timing and catching the next one can be.
True wisdom, though, lies in knowing that there is always a hidden, as yet unformed third wave coming from behind.
So, what wave are you on? What do you see as being the next wave? And where do you think the best place to catch that next wave is?
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