Live Like Water

 

Live Like Water - Like with Grace, Ease and Determination

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Water is a great teacher that shows us how to move through the world 

with grace, ease, determination, and humility. 

The journey of water as it flows upon the earth can be a mirror of our 

own paths through life. Water begins its residence on earth as it falls 

from the sky or melts from ice and streams down a mountain into a 

tributary or stream. In the same way, we come into the world and 

begin our lives on earth. Like a river that flows within the confines of 

its banks, we are born with certain defining characteristics that govern 

our identity. We are born in a specific time and place, within a specific 

family, and with certain gifts and challenges. Within these parameters, 

we move through life, encountering many twists, turns, and obstacles 

along the way just as a river flows. 

Water is a great teacher that shows us how to move through the world 

with grace, ease, determination, and humility. When a river breaks at a 

waterfall, it gains energy and moves on, as we encounter our own 

waterfalls, we may fall hard but we always keep moving on. Water can 

inspire us to not become rigid with fear or cling to what’s familiar. 

Water is brave and does not waste time clinging to its past, but flows 

onward without looking back. At the same time, when there is a hole to 

be filled, water does not run away from it in fear of the dark; instead, 

water humbly and bravely fills the empty space. In the same way, we 

can face the dark moments of our life rather than run away from them. 

Eventually, a river will empty into the sea. Water does not hold back 

from joining with a larger body, nor does it fear a loss of identity or 

control. It gracefully and humbly tumbles into the vastness by 

contributing its energy and merging without resistance. Each time 

we move beyond our individual egos to become part of something 

bigger, we can try our best to follow the lead of the river.