The surface appears safe and serene.
The sea offers a coolness and tranquility that is difficult to refuse, so you trust yourself to the waters.
At first, it is invigorating.
Then, suddenly, you find yourself sucked under by an unexpected pull.
The undertow is powerful.
Before you realize what is happening, you are too far from shore to get back.
You find every bit of your strength is being used to keep from being permanently sucked under.
Your plight looks hopeless, your cries stifled by.
Koehler Books Unmasking manipulation: maneuvering the undertow with shrewdness and innocence, paperback/meredith wesley
