Dear lovely people,
Why would a river go meandering
instead of just flowing straight? Have you ever ask yourself that question? I
always asked myself too. I know, I know the obvious answer anybody will give is
that the river is escaping obstacles that is why it has to go winding looking
for the easiest path.
On another
scale, a geographer will go further explaining that a meander forms when moving water in a stream erodes the outer banks
and widens its valley, and the inner part of the river has less energy and deposits silt. A stream of any volume
may assume a meandering course,
alternately eroding sediments from the outside of a bend and depositing them on
the inside.
But I
have known rivers that instead of meandering, rather braved the odds and had to
erode their way through huge obstacles including mountains creating their own
unique path in the process. Sure you have seen rivers flowing through what
seems like bottomless towering gullies.
In
today's world where global issues are so important, many people feel a sense of
powerlessness and resignation; a feeling that no individual's efforts can
change the way things are. The question
then considering such a context is; what approach have you adopted? That of the
meandering river or the one that breaks through obstacles?
Every day, life says to us, “You
say you want this? Prove how much. Fight for it. Earn it.” Overcoming obstacles
is a big part of earning it. Every day, we face small or large hurdles that can
make us want to give up or give in. You have to fight to keep going.
For those
who break through obstacles, it’s important to note that it’s not
enough to merely address what we
know, we need to address how we
know something. Because we know things on multiple levels (conscious and
unconscious) a systemic approach takes us into those deeper layers of how we
know.
In all
you do and no matter how difficult the going gets, you must remember that at
any one point, you could be just one small adjustment away from a major
success.
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