I dont know why but somehow, I always end up comparing Life with a river. The river continues to flow at its pace in a similar way as life does. Time never allows one to reach the same water in the same place more than once. So is life. It therefore becomes necesarry that one approaches life at right time. What is the right time, that ofcourse depends so much on the person and the reason for one's approach.
This was the dynamic aspect, the movement, the flow. Then there is the constancy. You might wonder, how can a river be constant. I too used to. But imagine going to a particular spot near a river everyday. Do you see any change? The water still flows just the way it did the day before. Its not the same drop of water but it still is the same water. May be after a long long time, there will be changes. The river will be wider, deeper but it still will be the same river. Its only when you see the flow, you realise that time does not allow you to see the exact same water more than once, but if you see the river, it is same. Isnt it? Is that not constancy? And does the same thing not happen with every person?
There ofcourse other similarities that I keep finding. For example all of sudden with the arrival of a rift or cliff, the course of the river changes drastically. Life too encounters such sudden changes. Actually, let me be true, it is this particular aspect because of which i am writing this entry today. Just two months ago, life was so different, and one particular day of last month changed it completely. The 4th of June. If I look back now, it seems all that followed after that, had been waiting for that day to arrive. Life had reached a stand-still before that and as soon it arrived, everything else came almost like an avalanche. This whole thing reminded me of a waterfall. The forceful yet a beautiful way in which a river meets a change.
Life is so much like a river!!!
My first post after job and from office.
