Row Your Boat Gently Down the Stream

Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is like a dream

You're rowing your boat as you're living your life. Maybe you're struggling to keep your boat moving, to keep it heading in a certain direction. Why not just go with the flow, with the stream of life, and it will take you where you'd like to go. If you point your boat upstream while pushing against what is, you'll waste a lot of energy. Just point your boat downstream and row very gently. 

In this peaceful mood of acceptance, you will achieve much more than in your constant fight against circumstances that are out of your control. Relax and let things and people be, without attempting to change them. Appreciate this moment and be merry, be happy. If you put joy into the task at hand and do it merrily, time will fly and it will seem lighter, not as daunting as you first thought it would be. Instead of trying to escape from this world, you will want to be in it more. 

Life is like a dream as your brain is always dreaming - whether you're asleep or not. Everything is an illusion, everything is unreal and that is the only reality there is... Yes, life can be a nightmare at times. But it can also be a beautiful dream, a dream come true. As long as you row your boat gently down the stream, you will see the beauty of it...

With all my love,

Bella


Painting: Young Woman Seated in Rowboat by Pierre-Auguste Renoir