tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731762173286561871.post1673015739225426638..comments2023-10-11T11:58:15.514-04:00Comments on honor yourself: rocks and waterterri st. cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15051778033153655065noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731762173286561871.post-62548902543246675452009-04-09T08:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T08:20:00.000-04:00or maybe the stream is all around you...I'm basica...or maybe the stream is all around you...<BR/>I'm basically Taoist, and one of the main guiding principles is to pattern our lives after water, because it can be so many things, never really stops moving, or at least never stops doing something. But one of my favorite analogies is that no matter how jagged a rock may be, if it spends enough time in the stream, the movement of the water eventually smooths it out. Its why there are so many smooth rocks at the bottom of the streams. It takes years to do, but it always happens. Perhaps we are the rocks, we are jagged and have sharp edges from our experiences, but if we continue to allow life to surround us, and allow the goodness of water to surround us... maybe eventually it smooths us out, so the things we've been through never leave, but we learn how to make them a part of who we are without needing the jagged edges. I don't know... I might be completely crazy... but that was what I immediately thought of upon reading this blog.Sarahnoreply@blogger.com