In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes, so with time present. - Leonardo daVinci.
There is certain aura around rivers which kicks me up...at times their serene, inviting nature and at times their deadly blows resulting in dire consequences and yet so intertwined with our lives. Its kind of twisted just to think-of how much we are reliant on water for everything. Its just impossible to think of a day not depending upon water. Giving birth as if its nothing but a drop and ending upon a high note as if it itself is a huge ocean is something that pushes me to create the extreme similarities between our lives and that of a River.
A boy lives innocently for the first quarter of life just like another drop in the ocean and then becomes somewhat part of the society knowingly or unknowingly. Many factors help him or encourage him to be the Man that he is known to everybody. He may follow good or evil depending upon the people, truths, beliefs that are attached to him just like the environment surrounding a River governs it.
Rivers travel hundreds of miles just living their lives while contributing a lot to those nearby by providing everything. Various small tributaries here and there join and help the primary one to become more resourceful and more enriching. Being placid at times and helping people forget their sorrows and griefs does make the very disasters created by them look little on their part. I on my part just can only marvel at the universal fact that every coin has 2 faces applies everywhere.
No single bead in a necklace is useless and every individual is destined for a purpose in a larger perspective called Society. Its up to us to be part of the Good or Bad and wish for a better Mankind...
The quote from Leonardo may not seem as mystic as his famous painting Monalisa but it conveys a lot...Time just floats no matter what...
