The choices we make and the route we travel.

A friend made comment that I have been in a somewhat contemplative mood these last few days How very perceptive of them to notice. It is true I have been trying to discover the flow of my life.

I was out walking and took a moment to visit a little chapel, something I have not done for some time. In the stillness of the tiny place, I found myself wondering about the journey I had travelled to reach that moment. Later I watched the river as it made it endless journey towards the sea.

One of the first days in that part of France we had a thunderstorm but even with all the rain that fell in the hour of its duration this mighty river had not changed its course it had kept to its movement and the additional water had not altered its course.

That is the way of a river, it flows where it can to reach its destination. If it were dammed, if the cliff walls were moved, if some boulders were shifted it would simply find another way to travel.

So it is with the flow of our lives. Once the fixed objects of our lives shift, our circumstances change. if we move from one place to another, life changes. If we marry one person rather than another, life will or would be different.

If we take up a job in one place rather than another, If I had chosen to teach in one school rather than another, how different life might have been.

If we choose to live in a house in a good setting with good air, life will be more healthy. If we arrange our furniture in a particular way, according to some, life may be more comfortable. 

If we eat the right foods, life may be prolonged. in short, if we set our life to enable the ongoing flow to be smooth, then we will face fewer hardships and pain. 

Life is the flow of energy. it is the air we breathe, the force that moves. The chi of life comes from the combining of our energies hopes and dreams. it keeps the river flowing, our hearts beating, and the sky blue.

Therefore by taking care of the cardinal points of our lives, we can change the flow.

We have the freedom to make choices about the decisions we make. The freedom of choice is ours and it is always important to consider the choices we make.

Have a good day, as I say frequently, "Go with the flow."