Friday, December 31, 2004

A River Runs Through It [Life lessons offered by rivers]

Rivers eventually reach the sea,
rejoining the “source.”

In completing their lives,
they offer replenishment to the oceans,
so that life may continue.

Without this cycle, we’d have no rain, and no rivers.
[We’d also have no rainbows.]

The sea is always the same,
yet is always changing.
The same water has been there for eons,
yet it’s been cycled over and over into clouds,
rain, lakes and rivers.

Ever-flowing; ever-changing,
life is also always the same,
Yet is always changing.

How you live therefore is a choice.

Perhaps the way you live your life could,
like rivers and the sea,
touch, enrich and nourish all those with whom you come into contact.


From a Hawaiian poem:
Be like the ocean.
Be open to changes,
be excited about new challenges and share these moments with each other in the new year!