Roiling waters
bubble over rocks
turbulence
flows over
leaving you untouched
When we are swept up
like a leaf on the surface
when we are tossed this way and that
we find no purchase
we scrabble for grounding
When we remember
we are not the river
but the stones
change flows over us
but we are always changing
Unchanged
we are calm in the storm
certain in uncertainty

Take a step and then the next
that is all you can know
if you try to see the path,
you will be daunted
for the path cannot be seen
If your try to predict the way
you will be frustrated
for the way cannot be predicted
All things ebb, flow
the water flows swift
or calm
buffets you
or consoles you
All are the same in tao

Flow with change
do not let the fear of the next step
upset your balance
find your centre
and move forward
in balance
in harmony
moving with the world
not against it