Adapt – As the River Flows · The Wisdom of Confluence
⁘ “Too rigid — full of sharp corners and thorns? Expect collisions and conflicts. You have your flow and cohesion — and I have mine — and we need to adapt into our confluences. Reflective adjustment. Flexible cohesion. As the river flows.”
Does it ever dawn to you that you could just take a step back,
try to adapt and adjust, instead of hammering it on and on and on?
When you are too rigid, full of sharp corners and thorns,
it only ever leads to conflict and destruction.
Yes, you have your flow and its cohesion, and I have mine,
and we need to be meeting in the middle ground.
You have your stream, I have my stream,
and there are confluences where reflective adjustment is necessary.
Flexible cohesion.
Now there's a keyword for you.
As the river flows, in an ever-shifting riverbed, takes on inflows,
flows into lakes and oceans, so too must we do in our lives.
When you find yourself in that reactive heat of the moment,
allow for yourself to be fluid.
Study your waves, reflect on the ocean as a whole.