I-Water

The best way to live is to be like water.
For water benefits all things and goes against none of them.
--Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching

Water is the basis of life, it provides itself to the life of this planet and asks for nothing in return. Humanity abuses it and yet it does not complain.

It's goal is to provide and care for all life, great and small. Water provides entertainment, and is never thanked, and never wishes to be thanked. It gives just to give, it provides just to provide.

Fear nothing flow through all things like the water flows across the planet. Not afraid of life, not afraid of death, fulfilling the circles that is it's nature. Providing little resistance, but not fully giving in to resistance.

Water takes it's time, no rush, no sense of eagerness. No reason to get to the destination quickly. Even rapids return to a calm, even a water going down the waterfall returns to slow peace after the motion is done.

Water is calm, and still. Water has motion but yet comes back to the calm. Throw a pebble into water and ripples form to just fade afterwords, it does not stop the pebble but gives into it, brings it into and through itself, just to bury it under the water. Harm never comes to the water, and calm and peace are bound to be found again.

Water has no stress, does not know how to stress even during the motions of the waves. When hitting land or a wall the water generously gives in to the wall or land. Over time the water will win it's freedom and erode the wall or land. Giving in but obtaining ground in the long run is how water goes through the cycles.

Water is used by all, so live like water and be available to assist all, be ready to help anything that may need help. Water does not look for reward, but provides just to provide. So help just to help, help to advance another in life.

A river is a river, an ocean is an ocean. Just because of location and size gives water a different name. Water is Water. Human is a Human regardless of location, regardless of the look. Water could be clear or water could be muddy, but water is still water regardless of the color, location, or size. Why can't humanity take an example from the water and bring themselves back into harmony with all of the creatures, and all of this land, and mostly with each other?

Treat life as water treats existence. Flow through it with calm, resist little, when in motion flow freely and relaxed. Live like water, bring a calming effect everywhere you go. Bring a serene atmosphere to all areas. Bring a sense calm to those around you, and bring a bending quality to those that would be rigid.

Those that try to catch you can only loose you through the fingers, those that would stone you only looses their stone. When countering flow with little force, be smooth calm, and serene in the movements, be bending and flexible. Water has no shape but that of what holds it, and water can adapt to any container, or any situation.

When needed water will flow in the opposite directions from what people generally think of. Be unexpected like water, no one knows for sure when it is going to rain until it rains. Percentage this percentage that, where is the 100 percent but only to be mentioned when it is already raining.

Essence of water, guided by water, the I-Water.
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