Thursday Thoughts...

"I would love to live 

Like a river flows, 

Carried by the surprise 

Of its own unfolding". 

 John O’Donohue

Times are hectic and there are a lot of demands in so many ways.  

At first I noticed this quote because it sounded so peaceful, so restful so gentle. It felt like an antidote to the ways things seem to be.

But then, I thought about it again in relation to the way that life and its busyness seems to rise to a crescendo this time of year, and I thought - it IS like a river flowing, but flowing more like a torrent than a stream. 

Life IS unfolding in a way where I am carried by surprise (now this! now that!).

None of it necessarily feels gentle, peaceful or restful - and somehow the same words can describe these two divergent states.

I think what the quote has done for me is to encourage me to also have acceptance that for now, this is the way that life is unfolding, accept that I am surprised and carried along with it, and that it is probably flowing in the right direction.

This is more the sort of river I was originally imagining, and it is the kind of image I will carry with me.