The River (of life)
He sat at the river’s edge as dusk fell, the soft rush of water weaving past his feet like time itself.
For weeks, he had fought. Not the river, but life.
The ending of a relationship. The role that was now gone. The sharp ache of plans that would now never be.
Every day had been a silent wrestle: Maybe I can fix this. Maybe I can rewind it. Maybe if I think harder, try harder, wish harder…
The exhaustion had crept in slowly, like fog over the hills. But he had kept pushing, thinking that holding tight was the only way to survive.
Now, sitting here, he felt it fully: the weight of carrying what could no longer be changed.
His hands tightened into fists. An ache of frustration and sorrow twisted inside him.
And then…
Something broke. Or softened. Something changed. Shifted.
The water didn’t fight the rocks, nor did it stop for them.
It didn’t protest the fallen branches.
It simply flowed.
He exhaled. Shoulders dropped. His face relaxed, almost smiling.
The obvious truth reached him like a whisper carried by the wind:
“It’s already happened.”
The past wasn’t waiting for him to make it different.
The outcome had unfolded. The shape of everything just IS.
No amount of effort would reverse what already existed.
His resistance hadn’t been wrong. It had been human.
A loving, desperate attempt to hold what felt precious.
The part of him that had fought so hard wasn’t the enemy — it had only tried to protect him from the pain of loss.
He placed a hand gently over his heart in quiet recognition of that effort.
Then, slowly, He opened his palms and let them rest loosely.
The surrender wasn’t defeat. It was relief.
A falling away of burden.
A simple willingness to say: “Yes… this is what IS.”
The river slipped past him, unchanged and undisturbed.
He sat on the damp grass and watched the moonlight dance across the moving surface.
He let the ache be part of the moment.
Not fighting. Not fixing. Just allowing.
And in that soft acceptance, peace came like a returning tide.
Not because the pain had vanished — but because he no longer needed it to.
Have you discovered that what you become aware of has already happened?
That resisting what IS, only adds to the suffering.
If you have then come to a group meeting and share it. Others will benefit..
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