No man steps in the same river twice.
- Heraclitus
November 15th, 2021
Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swept by us and carried away. For substance is like a river’s unending flow, its activities continually changing and causes infinitely shifting so that almost nothing at all stands still.
The authors of "The Daily Stoic" point out that Marcus borrowed from Heraclitus with this message. Heraclitus message was simple.
No man steps in the same river twice.
- Heraclitus
The river and the man have both changed since their previous encounter.
This year is full of difficult times for many people around me. This year has had so much change in such a short time. Many assume (as I did) that this is "the new way of things". In truth, this is just "another way of things" until the next way comes.
Everything is change. We have no choices on what the year 2020 has brought upon us. We do have a choice to welcome and roll with the changes.