A river is a lake that is in a hurry to reach the ocean;
A lake is a river that pauses to look at the blue sky.
A river carves out of time and knows the ‘time’;
A lake reflects on eternity and knows the ‘timeless’.
A skilful mind can flow like a river and standstill like a lake.
It depends on the terrain it faces at the present moment.
It lives with joy and spontaneity,
Sometimes like a river and at times like a lake!
Vinod D Deshmukh
(Vinod is a retired neurologist from Jacksonville, Florida. He has published four books of his original poems and essays and a number of scientific articles. He lives a simple, creative, and meaningful life of presence with mindfulness).
