Getting Back Into FLow

Drop of TLC For The Week

At the start of my daily walk yesterday, I did not have my normal sense of calm, peace and gratitude.  I found myself to be very anxious, irritable and cranky… way too far from the serenity I seeking.

Pondering this and wondering why, I looked over to see a rivulet of the creek rushing out of its flow into a rounded dead end of mud and tangled tree roots.  The rivulet threw itself at the muddy bank, only to be pushed back into a frothy sense of anxious irritated futility. Going nowhere fast it then circled within itself, far from its natural flow… very much like my own current thoughts and resulting mood.

Walking further down the trail, a sunray caught my eye and I looked over at the creek again, pooling up behind a beaver dam, a very calm, very still mirror, reflecting its surroundings.  No waves, no rivulets, no movement.  The glassy surface a quiet, calm and peace, reflecting the power of the moment.  My anxiety evaporated, the irritation lifted and I found this peace and calm seeping into my own moment.

A few steps further, I watched in wonder as the power of that stilled, peaceful pool reached critical mass erupting over the dam with boundless and energetic action.  White foam sprayed in the air, waves tripped over boulders, and the river flowed forward once again on its chosen path.

Startled out of my reverie, I looked up at that setting sun and realized I was back into my own flow.  No longer the time to beat pointlessly against the bank, or to pause in reflective  stillness, it was now time to take action and get ‘er done!