Speaker 1: Hustles to the us. Good morning, Welcome to this quiet moment.
Speaker 1: To day we rest beside a flowing river and learn
Speaker 1: from the quiet wisdom of moving water. Take a slow,
Speaker 1: deep breath in, and as you exhale, imagine yourself standing
Speaker 1: at the edge of a wide, gentle river, feeling the
Speaker 1: cool air rise from its surface. Let your shoulders soften,
Speaker 1: Let the morning hold you for a moment. A river
Speaker 1: does not rush in panic. It moves with purpose, but
Speaker 1: without urgency. It rises from the mountain as a small
Speaker 1: stream and gather strength as it travels, joining with other waters,
Speaker 1: widening its banks, deepening its path. There is no hurry
Speaker 1: in this journey. The river trusts that the land will
Speaker 1: guide it, that gravity will carry it forward, and that
Speaker 1: the destination will reveal itself in time. And this moment
Speaker 1: you are invited to feel that same unhurried rhythm within
Speaker 1: your own breathing. Along every river bank, there are obstacles.
Speaker 1: Stones rise from the water, Fallen trees block the channel,
Speaker 1: Fallen leaves gather in small dams. The river does not
Speaker 1: fight these things. It moves around them. It flows over them.
Speaker 1: It finds the lowest point between the rocks and slips
Speaker 1: through with effortless patience. The water does not cast a
Speaker 1: stone or demand that the fallen tree move aside. It
Speaker 1: simply adjusts its course and continues forward, never losing its
Speaker 1: essential nature, never losing its sense of direction. There is
Speaker 1: a great deal of wisdom in this How often in
Speaker 1: life do we press against obstacles with force, exhausting ourselves
Speaker 1: against things that do not need to be moved. Think
Speaker 1: of the times you have held on to an argument
Speaker 1: long past the point of usefulness, or try to change
Speaker 1: some one else when the only real change was needed
Speaker 1: within yourself. The river does not expend its energy on
Speaker 1: such things. It conserves its strength, preserves its flow, and
Speaker 1: trusts that the landscape will shift in time. There is
Speaker 1: power in this restraint, power in knowing when to push
Speaker 1: and when to simply move around. The river reminds us
Speaker 1: that there is another way. When something stands in our path,
Speaker 1: we can pause, breathe, and allow ourselves to find the
Speaker 1: space around it. Not every obstacle is a war. Some
Speaker 1: obstacles are simply stones in the river, and the water
Speaker 1: knows that it has the power to flow around anything
Speaker 1: placed before it. Water has another remarkable quality. It always
Speaker 1: finds its own level. A river does not struggle to
Speaker 1: reach the sea. It does not strain upward or push
Speaker 1: against the natural order. It simply follows the path of
Speaker 1: least resistance, and the earth itself guides it toward the ocean.
Speaker 1: There is a profound peace in this truth. When we
Speaker 1: stop trying to force outcomes, when we stop gripping tightly
Speaker 1: to how we think things should be, we discover that
Speaker 1: life has its own current, and that current carries us
Speaker 1: exactly where we need to go. You may notice that
Speaker 1: the river is never the same from one moment to
Speaker 1: the next. The water you see passing now will never
Speaker 1: return to this exact spot. New water rises from the springs,
Speaker 1: joins the flow, and carries on downstream, and yet the
Speaker 1: river remains the name, stays the same, even as every
Speaker 1: drop of water changes. This is the nature of existence.
Speaker 1: We are always changing, always flowing, always becoming something slightly
Speaker 1: different from what we were yesterday, and yet the essential
Speaker 1: river of who we are continues on to flow with.
Speaker 1: The river is not to be passive. It is not
Speaker 1: to give up or surrender to helplessness. Flowing requires trust.
Speaker 1: It requires the willingness to release control, to let go
Speaker 1: of the need to micromanage every outcome, and to have
Speaker 1: faith that the current will carry you. The river does
Speaker 1: not need to be pushed, It does not need to
Speaker 1: be guided by anxious hands. It simply moves, and in
Speaker 1: its moving it arise. You too, can arrive without forcing
Speaker 1: the journey. You can trust that the path is unfolding,
Speaker 1: even when you cannot see where it leads. Let your
Speaker 1: breathing become like the river. Now, each inhale is the water, racing, gathering, feeling.
Speaker 1: Each ex here is the water flowing forward, releasing, moving on.
Speaker 1: There is no need to control the piece. Simply notice
Speaker 1: the rhythm that already exists within you. The river of
Speaker 1: your breath has been flowing since the moment you were born,
Speaker 1: and it will continue until the very end. In this moment,
Speaker 1: all that is asked of you is to be aware
Speaker 1: of it, to rest beside it, and to let its
Speaker 1: steady music soothe whatever feels turbulent inside you. Listen to
Speaker 1: the sound of the water as it moves over the stones,
Speaker 1: as it curls around the bends in the river bank,
Speaker 1: as it sings its low and constant song. This sound
Speaker 1: has been playing since the beginning of time. It is
Speaker 1: the oldest music in the world, and it asks nothing
Speaker 1: of you. It simply offers itself, freely and without condition.
Speaker 1: Let the sound wash over you the way the water
Speaker 1: washes over the rocks, smoothing the rough edges, carrying away
Speaker 1: the tension, leaving behind only a sense of quiet and ease.
Speaker 1: As we prepare to leave this quiet moment, carry with
Speaker 1: you the image of the river. When the day brings obstacles,
Speaker 1: Remember that the water does not fight. When you feel
Speaker 1: uncertain about where you are going, remember that the river
Speaker 1: trusts the current. And when life feels too fast or
Speaker 1: too demanding, remember that even the mightiest river was once
Speaker 1: a small stream that found its way one gentle drop
Speaker 1: at a time. There is no need to rush, there
Speaker 1: is no need to force the river moulfs, and so
Speaker 1: do you. Thank you for sharing this quiet moment. I
Speaker 1: will be here with you again to morrow.