Many of you have probably seen a river hundreds if not thousands of times in your life and never thought twice about the wisdom that an ongoing body of water can possess… I say this because for the longest time I didn’t take a closer look at its value either.
Recently I had to spend quite a while near the seven bends of the Shenandoah River, one of America’s most iconic bodies of water. This area of America is often referred to as “God’s Country.” That title has always made me laugh because it’s labeling one area of the world more sacred and more essential than another, which to me couldn’t be any farther from the truth. Every inch of space on this planet is as important to the life forms inhabiting it as every other inch; but that’s another topic for another day.
For the purpose of this blog I’m more concerned with relaying the importance of looking at the wisdom and underlying truth that a river presents all those who choose to take notice.
A river is made by other, smaller bodies of water (tributaries) flowing downstream into a larger body of water, a river. Then this body of water carries itself towards its inevitable end never ceasing as it flows. A river represents much of what life is about, and carries with its waters secrets for living a fuller life as old as the river itself.
Life is like a river whose waters continually flow along both banks of existence that makes up the barriers for its life. Effortlessly the water moves onward towards a predetermined goal yet unknown to the water as it flows. One bank represents all of the things we as people deem good and just in life and all of life’s potential. The opposite bank represents exactly the opposite, life’s negatives. In no point of the river’s journey does its body of water not touch both sides, simultaneously, all the while remaining unaffected by the twists and turns of its present course. The river continues towards its goal with renewing energy at every new bend.
So you see, at a closer examination a river serves as a tool for wisdom, a voice for knowledge, and an outlet for energy. The river can serve as a means for transportation, as a source of life-giving nutrients and a joy for recreation. The river is multi-faceted and multi-dimensional, similar to the characteristics that make up a human.
Learn from the river and understand the knowledge it possesses and your life in return will take on a whole new meaning and a lesser degree of difficulty. Stay your course and remain focused on being unaffected by the twists and turns on the road of life ahead of you. Like a river, in the end, we just wind our way into a new, larger body, that’s yet still consistent with what we were made of the whole time the journey was taking place.
Peace and love,
Mason
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