Down by the River

"He had learned a lot just by sitting here and watching the water flow by. He noticed that many people's energy flow was like water: just little trickles, like a small creek; clogged and muddied, like a dammed up stream; wild and turbulent like a river in the spring; serenely flowing like the great river in front of him; fast and furious like the rapids upriver, then growing sluggish and heavy like the part of the river that flowed past the village downstream. The trick was to find a rhythem that suited oneself and try to stick to that. It was far better to be harmonious and consistent than it was to change one's flow every other day or even many times a day." -Chuang Tzu