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No Forcing, No Holding BackJanuary 22nd

Heraclitus said that no man steps in the same river twice.Well how many intelligent people in the 21st century do you know that step in rivers once? You can’t force a river to flow faster. Yes, you can increase the amount of water in the river, but no amount of coaxing, yelling, paddling, jet turbines, or passive aggressive comments will make the water go any faster. It just keeps trucking along. You also can’t really hold a river back. You can divert it a different direction, or build a damn to hold it back for a period of time. But take a look over the wall, and you’ll see the river is still there—waiting it’s time. And the second the dam fills or breaks, the river will offer no complaints. Will not file any formal findings or have it out with the engineer. It’ll just go back to flowing. So today, let the words of Rilke be true:“May what I do flow from me like a river.No forcing, no holding back”Journal Prompt: Without second guessing it or forcing it, what are you going to do today?