Why the best chapters of your life might still be unwritten. When you feel like you've missed the mark - but the race isn't over. Photo by Master Cowley on Pexels. The clock is ticking. Your life chances have ebbed away on the tide of mortality as you battled bills and worked out life. Now you look out and there is nothing but a barren, dreamless beach. But I'm here to remind you - the tide, as well as going out, also comes back in.