Many
years ago I was at a retreat... Not sure which country now but I do
remember there was a stream nearby... It was a fast, bubbling stream
that had lots of mossy rocks and twists and turns on a gentle
slope....leading to a small pond.
I was sat there one day...just
watching...watching the bubbles come down..some were big, some small, in
singles or in pairs or in groups... They were as if they were
dancing...sometimes splitting up, sometimes joining with
others....occasionally some would get stuck behind some twigs or a
rock..and for a few moments would be unable to continue their journey
downstream...circling around until they managed to get into the flow of
the water again and continue...or a group of bubbles would hang out and
play in a little nook of the riverbank...they seemed to want to stay
there..and hung on together as long as they could..but eventually the
flow of the current would take hold of one or two of the bubbles and
they would seem to suddenly let go and rejoin the main flow again.
I
realised that this was exactly how our lives are played out.... We as
human beings are the bubbles... We can be on our own or join with
others, people will come and go... Problems or obstacles will crop up
in our daily lives which seem to stall our progress.. Sometimes we
relax and go with the flow and at times we make hard work for ourselves
by trying to paddle against the flow...saying yeah but....yes but what
if....yes but i want to stay here...or our heads go into a spin with
some crises.
However, all the time life, as with the water is
constantly flowing..it can never stop regardless of how we think we can
control it..
When I remembered this scene last night... I saw
myself sat there laughing...I can remember seeing how obvious it all
was. We have no control really so just surrender!
If a problem
comes up...make the best of it...let life take you where it wants to...its amazing what turns up..
If you find yourself in a great place...with great
people...enjoy...really enjoy and be there...for as long as you are
there...but don't try to hold on...or go against the flow by turning
your boat around and trying to row upstream..
I imagine myself
right now lying on my back...in my bubble...hands behind my head...looking up at
the sky, to the sides..all around...admiring the beauty of all that passes...enjoying
the company of those that may join me...or not. Namaste.xx
