Life gets so hectic and consuming sometimes that there is no time to think of anything beyond ourselves. So it is refreshing to take a break once in a while from the monotony and look at things from a fresh perspective. Thankfully I had this opportunity in the form of beach side vacation during the last week of December. I spent most of the time at the beach riveting away from the narrow foci of my life and pondering over things much higher than myself. Whenever I sit by the beach, looking at the water, listening to the sound of…