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November 29, 2009
Water water everywhere
The recent floods in Cumbria have been a sobering reminder of the power of water. I recently read Paulo Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light. One of the truths that a warrior of light should know concerns the power of water:
"Therein lies the strength of water: it cannot be shattered by a hammer or wounded by a knife. The strongest sword in the world cannot scar its surface.
The waters of a river adapt themselves to whatever route proves possible, but the river never forgets its one objectives: the sea. So fragile at its source, it gradually gathers the strength of the other rivers it encounters. And, after a certain point, its power is absolute."
Posted by Anna Dixon at November 29, 2009 04:22 PM