David K. Reynolds, in his book, "A Thousand Waves: A Sensible Life Style for Sensitive People", proposes that traditional Western psychotherapy fails to adequately acknowledge the importance of our need for unity among all aspects of ourselves. Reynolds advocates an Eastern approach, which aims at helping us to honor our natural selves more fully, and more specifically - to help us to become more natural again.

He points to the nature of water and suggests we become more like this precious liquid observing that when the weather is warm, water becomes warm, and when it's cold outside, water too turns cold. Water doesn't wish that it was a different temperature, nor does it pretend to be other than it is. It merely accepts its present state and continues to flow.

Unlike water, laments Reynolds, people deny reality. They also struggle with their feelings and hamper themselves by focusing on the way things should be or might have been.

Water doesn't fight obstacles, says Reynolds, it simply flows around them, not getting distracted as people so often do by their feelings.

Water is flexible and adapts to the particular circumstances it's in.

Water flows at a natural pace.

©Tammie Byram Fowles, MSW, Ph.D. - an excerpt from BirthQuake: The Journey to Wholeness

I learn so much from water.

I pray that, like water, my life shall be a source of life for others, and which brings pleasure to Jesus.

I pray that like water, I may learn to be more natural.

I pray that like water, I will learn to accept what is ~ and be adaptable.

I pray that like water, I will not pretend to be what I am not.

I pray daily to become more authentic in every way.

I pray that obstacles will not stop me, but that like water, I shall be able to flow around them.

I pray that I may journey my life at a pace which is natural for me and not compare myself to others.

My life, however, is not a special life. I depend for every breath upon the True Life Giver, Jesus Christ, who died to give me His Life.

My life is but one small droplet, based upon Jesus' Living Water..

Jesus' Living Water provides me with every good thing under Heaven.

Jesus' Living Water is what I totally depend on, and without it I would have no droplet to give to anyone.

Jesus' Living Water is the gift for which I pray every day.

It nourishes my mind, body, spirit and soul, and when I end this life, I shall live on forever with Jesus is Heaven.

When I arrive in Heaven, I shall meet every other Living Water droplet which has ever lived. How incredible it that? Jesus calls Heaven the River of Life.

As I read about water, and learn from it, I also look to Jesus, and realise again how wonderful it is to be filled with Jesus' Living Water. Jesus said "If anyone is thirsty, let that person come to me..... I will satisfy that person's life with good things".

I would encourage us all to look to Jesus.

He is the One who really gives Life, in every way.

(c). 2006. Christine M. Jones

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