you never step in the same river twice

One good thing about being in the car for a large amount of time (nearly 9 hours over the last two days) means that I have loads of time to think and pray. It also gives me loads of time to rehearse both conversations and talks that I am going to give.

This quote has been swirling around my head for a good few weeks now. I can’t exactly remember where I first saw it, but I think it was at creative thinking blog.

I think it is an apt quote for the church of today. I have lost count of the number of times over the past six months where I have heard something that sounds like:

‘we have tried that before , but it did not work!’
Such a mundane outlook!

We never step in the same river twice.
We are never in the same time space twice.
We never exerience two identical times when all the possible variables are identical.
We think it.
It may feel like it.
But time, circumstances,opportunities are always progressing, always changing.

‘we’ve never been here before, we’ve never tried it before, and we don’t know what will happen when we do it!’

Now that’s quite exciting!
That’s quite intriguing in a scarey sort of way.
I used to get scared over what may happen because I was unsure.
I think recently I have stopped taking risks!
I want to experience that kind of fear again!

1 thought on “you never step in the same river twice

  1. Hi Rob,Thanks for stopping by the Creative Think blog. The quote you refer is by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, and here is the post where you probably saw it:http://blog.creativethink.com/weblog/2006/11/escape_from_obs.htmlStop by and click “Heraclitus” in the “Category Cloud” for other provocative thoughts by Heraclitus. Heraclitus lived around 500 BC, but it’s said that his ideas had an impact on the early Christian Church.Best wishes to you and your readers.Roger von Oech

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