River of Life

Tatlong klase ng tao ang nakikita kong bumabaybay sa ilog ng buhay:

1. Swimmer – they know where they want to go and they do something about it. They can move against the current if required so they can get to where they want to be. This can be broken down further into the following:
a. Strong swimmer – can go far without stopping
b. Good swimmer – unable to sustain long periods of swimming
c. Weak swimmer – needs to be regularly resting
2. Floater – they let the current of the river bring them forward. They can be swimmers but they would rather float around and let the river bring them wherever it wills. If they see something interesting along the bank, they can paddle themselves there and look around but eventually they’d go back to floating.
3. Drifter – unlike the floaters who can be swimmers, drifters need something else to hold on to otherwise they will sink. They are brought along the river by the very object/person they cling on to.

All of us can be any of the three mentioned above at certain periods of our lives. A weak swimmer can be a floater for a period of time so he could recover the strength he lost while swimming. A drifter, on the other hand, may learn to be a floater or even a swimmer if he decides to learn and/or has taken it to himself to learn to float/swim.