🌿 Learning to Be the River 🌿
- Karen Gowans
- Apr 29
- 1 min read
Updated: May 1
Lately, I’ve been thinking about this beautiful message:
"Knowledge is a river, not a mountain. It flows through you — it’s not something to own."
For a long time, I didn’t know that. Coming from the corporate world, I was trained by the pecking order — taught that knowledge, status, and "being right" somehow made you more important. I carried that with me without even realizing it.
But life has a way of softening you. Now, I’m learning to be the river instead — to share what I know, gently, when someone is ready to receive it. Not to push. Not to force. Not to stand above.
Real patience isn’t just waiting — it’s respecting someone’s own timing and path.
When I feel the old habits try to creep back in, I stop, take a breath, and remind myself:
✨ Stay soft.✨ Stay open.✨ Be the river, not the dam.
This iis another one of my transformations and it feels so much lighter.

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