Never the Same River Twice
Some messages come to us more than once in a season... And for this, there is always a reason... I read this quote by Heraclitus, that has come to me over and over again, each time revealing another layer of meaning: "You can never step into the same river twice." And then, I stumble across this clarification in the wonderful book, Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression , by James S. Gordon, MD: "We cannot step into the same river once; by the time the second foot falls, we're already entering a different river. This river of continual change is our life." And as the author of this insight work notes, "there are times when we resist the pull of the river..." I read on, and find much that speaks to me, that I will share later, but for the second time in a month, the same passage from the Tao Te Ching comes to me, and I realize the quote from Heraclitus, and this passage, come bearing insights and gems of wisdom. Perhaps there a...