tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post5455803377309684523..comments2024-02-12T07:30:38.258-06:00Comments on One Man's Wonder: WITH THE FLOW – An Appreciation of RiversJeffrey Williushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-1454334786938111562013-04-18T23:27:36.969-05:002013-04-18T23:27:36.969-05:00Thanks for sharing your experience, Sara. I think ...Thanks for sharing your experience, Sara. I think nearly everyone has been taught by water -- in one form or another. I'm fascinated by the sea too, but it intimidates me; seems so boundless and impersonal. Perhaps there are lessons in that too.<br />I enjoy your blog -- your current post on the thorns and honeysuckle is wonderful! Keep up the good work...Jeffrey Williushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-5029153820096905732013-04-18T15:57:35.333-05:002013-04-18T15:57:35.333-05:00I grew up with the ocean as my teacher. I haven...I grew up with the ocean as my teacher. I haven't around very many rivers and so I can't really speak to the impact they would have on my life, but reading this post was so enjoyable because you shared the impact this river had on your life. Through your words and pictures, I could imagine what it would be like. <br /><br />These words you wrote are beautiful: "If the sea is the heart of earth’s weather, rivers are its veins, collecting and channeling the very same molecules of water back to the sea, the clouds and the land, again and again, forever."<br /><br />They will stay in my mind and heart for some time. If I do visit a river, I hope I remember them.Sarahttp://www.sarahealy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-51152547371034807942013-04-13T11:17:22.646-05:002013-04-13T11:17:22.646-05:00Many thanks, Vishnu - Glad I converted you, but I ...Many thanks, Vishnu - Glad I converted you, but I realize there's an equally strong case to be made for the sea. It's just that I think rivers, for their slender, meandering presence, too often get short shrift.<br />Now that you mention it, I forgot the include something of the spiritual power we've bestowed on rivers -- the Ganges and other Indian rivers being good examples. Be well, my friend! Jeffrey Williushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-47731550522068573022013-04-13T00:23:15.559-05:002013-04-13T00:23:15.559-05:00All right Jeff - you've mada me a convert to r...All right Jeff - you've mada me a convert to rivers:) I grew up in Malaysia, a peninsula, surrounded by oceans and it was pretty scary. YOu never knew what the ocean had in store for you! But there's a certain degree of certainty about rivers. I like how you described it as discipline, wisdom and patience. <br /><br />There are several extremely holy rivers in India which are sacred, healing and have a lot of mythological importance. Their safety and cleaniness are a different story all together:) but I do hope to visit them some day. Vishnuhttp://www.vishnusvirtues.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-16092099866239289602013-04-12T15:25:32.320-05:002013-04-12T15:25:32.320-05:00Hey there, Yvonne -- Thanks so much for visiting O...Hey there, Yvonne -- Thanks so much for visiting One Man's Wonder and for your kind words. After having just posted a reflection on change at Google+, it's no wonder post on rivers caught your eye -- they're all about change, right? Never the same river.<br />May you walk in ways of wonder. If you haven't checked out my book, "Under the Wild Ginger – A Simple Guide to the Wisdom of Wonder," I think you might really enjoy it :-) (Link is at top of this page in the right-hand sidebar. Jeffrey Williushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-28178396718041621752013-04-12T15:18:08.112-05:002013-04-12T15:18:08.112-05:00Hi Bern'e - Glad you like my post. Thanks for ...Hi Bern'e - Glad you like my post. Thanks for sharing your dramatic memory of the Selawik. As you suggest, rivers that far north have a very different life from those down here, or even more so in the tropics. Jeffrey Williushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-5161826817793885212013-04-12T14:54:11.033-05:002013-04-12T14:54:11.033-05:00Loved this! I live on the shores of Lake Ontario a...Loved this! I live on the shores of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River. The lake is vast and when you are out far enough, it seems endless. But the river is full of life. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535651531194853680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-83975102649131749882013-04-12T14:43:42.124-05:002013-04-12T14:43:42.124-05:00I remember being in a remote cabin upon the Selawi...I remember being in a remote cabin upon the Selawik River in the arctic circle of Alaska. It wasn't quite break up time for the ice, but the river was rising since spring temperatures were melting the snow. <br /><br />Because of this, moats were developing on both banks of the river with a solid stream of ice firmly planted in the center strip of the river. What was really fascinating were the caribou swimming firstly across the southern moat only to be afraid to cross the northern moat. <br /><br />A few caribou then developed the courage to cross the second body of water only to realize that the bulk of the herd didn't follow them. And so their courage was in a way negated only to swim back to the center ice to be stymied with the rest of the herd. Hours would pass with the caribou either resting or walking up and down the middle of the river ice, not quite knowing how to deal with the fear that blocked their forward progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com