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Life Like Bottled Water

During the summer, temperatures reach well over 100 degrees with totally dry air.  This sweltering time of year causes my body to constantly yearn for a cold bottle of mountain spring water.   Explaining the flavor of water can prove to be quite a challenge.  Yet, this cool and wet, all natural liquid can invigorate the soul as it rushes down my throat. So refreshing!

BRB (be right back), that sounds so good right now… ahhhh… mmmm.  That hit the spot.

Life like water somehow seems to evaporate rather quickly to desert status while going through a traumatic experience, like the loss of a loved one or even a divorce after years of marriage.  It’s like we have this innate survival instinct to abandon all connections with the world.  To just sit alone with only our emotions for company.

I’ve been there and still occasionally visit this emotional pit.  Going through separation and divorce after nearly 15 years of marriage has been a particularly painful and emotional experience for me.  I spent most of my time at home. I felt that my world imploded and exploded all around me at the same time.  An emotional fallout that has lasted for over 2 years.

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Tears of Loss

When faced with the loss of someone or something special, we are overwhelmed with extreme sadness. As a natural outlet, we break down into tears as we mourn over our loss. Yes, even the strongest of men can go through these moments.

To cry out these tears, is very healthy and therapeutic while we grieve over the loss and recover from it. To survive and move forward with our lives. Never forgetting, but rather growing from the experience.

With every tear drop, life memories fall from our head. The best of times, the worst of times, and even the possibilities of life after the loss. Life is present in every tear. In our mourning, we honor the relationship that once was.

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Disrupted Serenity

There you are, kayaking down a beautiful river on a cool refreshing morning. Holding the oars out of the water, you gently coast with the natural flow of the river. As you listen to the peaceful sounds of nature and take in as much of it’s beauty along the river banks, you can’t help but wish every day was like this. No concrete. No traffic. No noise. No stress.

You close your eyes for a few seconds to focus on the smell, sounds, and the feeling of the wind caressing your cheeks. Your moment in serenity is violently disrupted as the kayak hits a rock, and another, and another. Until you find yourself in the middle of raging rapids.

Life like water offers you many peaceful moments of serenity. Unfortunately, it can also catch you off guard, forcing you into a fight for survival. You can’t control life any better than the river. Fortunately, you are in control of your responses and reactions to the events that hit you. You usually have two choices when going through the rapids:

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Life Flows Like a River

Life flows like a river, with its tight relationship with time, in that it’s swiftly moving even when we’re not. There are tree branches whisked away with the current, clusters of rocky rapids failing to hold it back, colorful rainbows decorating waterfalls, and Jack Frost’s yearly struggle to freeze its flow.

Rivers offer us a wild adventure, while refreshing us inside and out. We are captivated by their majestic waterfalls and calmed by their flowing sounds. We are saddened when they dry up and threatened when they flash flood.

Yes, like life, rivers are amazing natural wonders. Yet, it’s not really about the river that matters, as it’s more about how we respond while in it. Here are some example responses:

1. The Rock – As a rock, you sit still, while life moves forward around you. You may think that you’re moving forward too, but the current pulling in the opposite direction tells you that looking upriver only gives the appearance of moving forward. As a new rock, you’re sitting dealing with many issues and emotions. In time, these rough edges will be rounded smooth as the river flows by.
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Surviving the Waterfall

I recently took a trip to Yosemite with my son and we hiked up to the top of Vernal Fall. On our way up, we took a break at the base of the waterfall. It was purely majestic in nature that energized us for the steep climb to the top. It was a beautiful site and safe to see from the misted rocks off to the side.

At the top, there were guard rails secured into the rock that allowed us to walk right up to the edge and look over and down to where we were sitting earlier. Even though I had about 80% trust in the guard rails, I couldn’t help from feeling the fear as I looked over the edge.

How many times have you come close to the edge of a life changing event, and walked away because of the overwhelming fear of the unknown between where you are now and what you envision in the future? How many times have you faced the fear and risked the waterfall plunge because you knew that your future was worth the risk? Of course, there are also times that we are in the river and have little choice as life pushes us over the edge and we fall down that waterfall, skipping the fear and landing devastated.

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That’s right, there are over 6100 bloggers that have signed up to help make an impact on a single topic come October 15th. The topic will be on the environment and I’m sure it’ll be some awesome reading as bloggers will be writing about the environment from their blog’s perspective.

I have signed up Life Like Water and will begin writing an article to post that day. It will most likely be from the perspective on how our lives are impacted by the environment around us, not just water. It’ll be somewhat a flip from what I think will be the more common perspective about our impact on the environment. So check back here on October 15th to read about it.

We often enjoy that cold and refreshing glass of water, especially during the summer. That same water could boil and scold us with immediate pain. Yet, we’ve learned how to use the boiling water that can be safe and pleasing to us. Water is also used to wash the dirt away. We can enjoy swimming in it and can also die drowning in it.

Life can be viewed from this perspective as well. It’s all around us and it doesn’t stop moving when we do. So much joy can be found in life, along with so much pain as well.

We all find ourselves interacting with life in various ways. You may feel like a sitting rock as life flows all around you like a swiftly moving river. Or, you feel as if life is standing still, like a lake on a peaceful early morning. I’m sure some of you may feel like life is very aggressive and wild like the stormy sea. Or, falling down all around you like the rain.

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