River Rescues

Rivers reflect more than the clouds and trees that hug their shores. When you commune with a river, it returns to you a sense of your self. I have a river near my home that tells me stories. I share my visits with the wildlife that gathers there. So I learn from them, too. I watch the ripples and feel the current. But most of all, I am still and I listen for God's voice.

Rivers are mystical. They symbolize connection, deliverance, renewal. Wasn't it a river that first baptized the world? Some consider the Ganges River a sacred living entity. And yet it contains untreated sewage, cremated remains, chemicals and disease-causing microbes. Finally, India is taking steps to reverse the damage, but it will take a very long time to remedy. Rivers are in danger everywhere.

We are born in water. When scientists seek to determine life on other planets, they look for evidence of water. Water is the universal symbol for the subconscious mind. When I am beside a river, my emotions come to the surface and float down stream. All of my cares delivered and transformed into more useful energy. Rivers are healers. Find your healing river, wherever it might be.