Changing Tides of Life

Life is a perpetual fluid movement, moving through life, it is easy to become polluted by those around you and the enviroment - but water can always be cleaned.


An easy 'normal' life is like being a part of a river with the rest of of the water and rather than working hard you are pulled along with the movement already in force...

The harder route is the one through the rocks and the hills, the route that sends you through dark places, and along the way you can stop and stay in the cave pools, unwilling to come out of the darkness because its easy to stay hidden and not face the force and movement of the river of life, because you are not moving, you become stagnate, unable to deal with with things that come your way because you are lacking the energy from movement.

You can also become cold and frozen unable to move forward or change shape, you wont be polluted but you also cannot gain anything either, no sustenance can be added to you... it is your choice to become warm from the inside and melt and once again join the river of life.

To come through the rocks and caves is a hard route, and one that takes allot of effort, but when you come out at the bottom you have been cleansed by the hard route and have something more to you, something that is not gained by taking the easy route, or dwelling in the dark and cold. You are the expensive spring water on the shelf and can achieve more and give more to those around you.

When faced with hard life issues, it is easy to just ignore them and carry on, using the force of others to get by.. but you wont change or improve doing this.

To change and improve you must face and deal with the hard choices and decisions and look into yourself to recognise what pollutions you have gained along the way, and how and why you have them.
To recognise what has polluted you is key to moving forward, because once it is recognised it can be dealt with then let go for you to carry on with out the pollutions you had, and instead with the minerals and vitamins of life gained through the dealings of the hard route.

You would not drink from a muddy puddle so why would you hold on to things that make you muddy and polluted?

There is never too late a time to face your pollutions and become 'clean' and refreshed ready to face the river again.