You Are the River

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At some point you have no choice left but go with the flow.

At first you try your hardest to push and pull. Things don't budge. You claw and shout and the walls only close in on you.

You blame yourself. You blame the world. "This isn't right, things shouldn't be this way." But they are.

You close yourself off or dirty yourself with ugly ideas. "Life isn't fair. There is no such thing as a free ride." But the game seems to be working for some people.

You are jealous. You are scared that you'll never win. You are scared of death or failure or irrelevance. You cry or you hold it in.

You stumble through various levels and flavors of angst. "Life is hard"

Then one day, when you are in your late 20's or early 70's or perhaps your next life, you face fear. You face death. You face failure.

You realize that change is constant, and that control only comes with the acceptance of not having control. You learn to feel the flow.

The flow is everywhere. It runs in infinite directions. You let go

Some day you realize that the flow pulls you where you command it. Always. It often pulls you in two directions because you cannot decide which way to flow.

You learn the power of your will and slowly come to see that you are behind the wheel, learning to tame that voice in your head. Then one day, you realize...it's nice just floating and not thinking to much about where you are headed. You have a direction in mind, but if it doesn't work out, whatever. It's not giving up or leaving everything to fate.

You are the river.

-I+Everything

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Beautiful. As you know.. my name is the river that flows. A constant reminder. Gorgeous writing honey.

Funny, was just talking about two of my male cousins with massive cases of poor me victim hood. How tough it must be to live a life that refuses to engage with a deeper understanding of truths like these.

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It’s amazing how different things can look from a slightly different angle. You are such a beautiful river :-D

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Like this way of imagery about the river.
Made me instantly think about a song from the Waterboys that is more or like comparable. At least; where all rivers end up finally ... in the sea (ocean).

It's gonna be a long reply with the lyrics and video I'll add to my reply, but couldn't resist to withhold.


These things you keep
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!

Now if you're feelin' weary
If you've been alone too long
Maybe you've been suffering from
A few too many
Plans that have gone wrong
And you're trying to remember
How fine your life used to be
Running around banging your drum
Like it's 1973
Well that was the river
This is the sea!
Wooo!

Now you say you've got trouble
You say you've got pain
You say've got nothing left to believe in
Nothing to hold on to
Nothing to trust
Nothing but chains
You're scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
Scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
But that was the river
This is the sea yeah!

Now I can see you wavering
As you try to decide
You've got a war in your head
And it's tearing you up inside
You're trying to make sense
Of something that you just can't see
Trying to make sense now
And you know you once held the key
But that was the river
And this is the sea!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!

Now I hear there's a train
It's coming on down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You've got still enough time
And you don't need no ticket
And you don't pay no fee
No you don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
Because that was the river
And this is the sea!
Behold the sea!


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That was ultra pleasant and I understand why you thought of it. The weird thing is that it kind of reminds me of my music a tiny bit!

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Damn thats some good set of words you got there amigo! The touch is still there!!

Soo... be awesome also went to a community?

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I started the community before I knew what was going on, not sure what to do with it now but I figure I might as well keep it up haha

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Awesome. Don't fight the flow.

Just started checking out the communities feature. So are there any rules here? Can I post anything I want? Or is it limited to just my deepest thoughts and darkest secrets?

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Were there ever any rules? Hope you start posting again

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Well, what's the fun if there are no rules to break? But yeah, I might start posting a bit soon. There's something about the communities idea that has me a bit excited about posting again.

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