#4: TO BE A STREAM

I sit beside a stream and watch the cold water rushing over the river stones. In the Potawatoni language, a stream is not a noun. It is a verb. It is action. To be a stream. It is alive. It is water that has become a stream.

Is it not the same for all living things? Right down to the level of quantum physics everyone and everything is in constant motion. As we move forward in our lives and try to find meaning, we are all becoming someone different. We are in constant flux. We are becoming what we are becoming.

Working on that novel? Taking classes to upgrade your job skills? Leaning about string theory — just for the fun of it? Taking a few minutes every day with your Headspace app? Or just enjoying the silence for a moment?

Whatever we’re doing in our lives, we are a constant dance of energy. How wonderful is that?