River Flows in You

If any of you know of a contemporary pianist who calls himself Yiruma, then you probably discovered his music through this song. Likely his most popular composition, "River Flows in You" has been played by both professionals and piano students. When I first heard an actual performance of this piece, it didn't sound like what I had first imagined, but maybe I was confusing it with another song that had "river" in its title. Anyways, enough of Liya's Reminiscent Thoughts on Music. It's time for you to Listen to the song here!

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Okay, it looks like "Listen to the song here" knew more about how to end my sentence than I did.

You might think of a river as something like the Amazon or the Nile. But actually, rivers are in a lot more places than those.

You could see one when you drive on a sloping road after a recent rain, or when snow is melting on your roof. You could even see one when water spills on your counter.

But if a river flows in you, then that must be something different. Maybe it's the joy in your life that you could give to someone else.

When you have a relationship with someone, your river could start moving towards them. They might block it. You might block it. Either way, they'll miss out on the inspiration you could give them.

Image by Peter H from Pixabay

But if you both let your rivers flow towards each other, then they'll keep going in a circle that makes both of your lives a bit brighter.

This photographer, David Mark, knew how to blur this waterfall to bring out the smoothness of the water
flow.

A circle like that already exists on the earth you're standing on. The water accumulated from rain and snow moves into rivers or the ground. This water eventually ends up in the ocean, a massive evaporating surface. The water vapor gets carried back to land as rain and snow to start the cycle over again.

If I'm the rain, carrying water to the ground, and you're the rivers, then neither of us will run out of water. But without you, I won't be able to get any of my water back.

This (enormous) cloud exchanges water with the sea underneath it. Image by Bri Lobato from Pixabay

If we all share some love with the people we know, a river will definitely be flowing in you.

Perhaps I should learn another song by Yiruma called "Kiss the Rain." It would be quite relevant to what I'm saying about the water cycle. In fact, if you've already poured a river of music into your teacup, maybe today you should fill it with rain.

~Liya