Self-awareness, as everything else in life, has an current, a flow.
At times, all rapids and whirlpools, it carries me faster than I'd choose on my own and often through frightening and dangerous waters. If I let go of my fear, the ride can be exhilerating, though I may come out crying at the end.
As all rapids eventually find a calm, so do my own personal rivers of thought.
Those calm places often look placid and smooth, yet upon submersion I find that the current is stronger than I realized. It is then I am faced with a choice; tread water, swim hard or relax and float and let the current carry me where it may.
There are other times where I stand on the shore and watch the current and wonder at the hinting surface-nuances of the more powerful forces below. I know there are things I'm not seeing or feeling because I choose to stay out of the water.
And there are other times where I walk away from the water all together.
But I know I'll always come back.
7 comments:
I've always enjoyed water as a life metaphor. You've used it well here.
As to the feeling, I get it.
I hope you are enjoying all the wonderful things about your family while you float and drift and swim and tread.
Off the topic, but I LOVE your header!
Thanks, Trav and Stevie! :)
oooh, i like this one. i love when people write in a way that i may have no idea what they're referring to, but i can completely relate.
as to my life lately...well, it has consisted of continual waves that ebb & flow in their forcefulness. but luckily i am continually finding my constant life raft, that shows up & reminds me it's constantly there, at just the right moment. so that i can handle each wave as it comes and stay face up. :)
Very good post...love the way it makes me think!
NICE!!!
PS This post made me think of the time I got a deeper meaning out of Row,Row,Row,your boat, GENTLY UP the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a DREAM!
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