Be Like The River

Without Purpose

Photo by Mario Álvarez on Unsplash

I have given so much time and energy to contemplating meaning and purpose. There may be no purpose at all, but instead a simple flowing of energy that unfolds into manifestation. All we are required to do is witness that unfolding.

Fighting against a river is exhausting. Go with the flow, and eventually you find yourself enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way without a care in the world.

Sometimes there are rocks and eddies, waterfalls, and weirs, but the water continues to flow, always moving like the passage of time. There is no purpose in this; it just flows.

Some might argue that its purpose is to reach the ocean, but the ocean and the river are the same: both are water. It would be lovely to be like the river and flow into the ocean, all the time knowing we are both.

I have chosen to enjoy the ride through the valleys and mountains, through gorgeous villages and the lush woodlands of life. I may see meadows, I may see conurbations and industrial sites, but I will continue to flow, witnessing it all as I do so: happy, content, and at peace. Knowing the river and the ocean are one, knowing I am nothing but the witness to this beautiful unfolding of life.

Thank you for reading.

All my love,

Vickey.