Today in class we couldn't think of the opposite of an ebb tide. Later at home, I looked into Stephen Pressfield's Do the Work, which is free for Kindle. I discovered the free Kindle for PC application from Amazon and installed it. Then I bought the free book. In it I discovered this quotation from Martin Luther King about procrastination. And I learned the answer from the good Doctor. It is a flood tide.
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood—it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, “Too late.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence." New York City, April 4, 1967
Do the Work is about overcoming resistance when trying to write a book, or trying to lose weight, or trying to do just about anything creative. It is given away using Amazon by The Domino Project, which seems to be aiming to be some kind of new publishing method.