Nature is moving

I have read many times in books and heard from great people that this whole nature is in a constant flux , don't think that its so static, and nothing is changing; and tomorrow is the same as today, what has changed. In fact , nature is changing every moment, every second, its in a state of change.

But I got a little peek of this , and internalized it a little when we visited Chikmaglur last week. We went to have a river side picnic on the banks of River Bhadra. When we reached there , the river looked quite small (in comparison to the Ganges e.g. :) , Ganga is set in my mind as the benchmark for rivers , although I have been to Gangotri also where its not so big either ) . And the water seemed to flow hardly, it was like still water almost. There were a few rocks here and there in the river , and that's it. But then me and my cousin decided to go in. Initially, we went inside the quite portion of the river, where water was almost still, and we could swim easily (although none of us were confident of swimming there :) ). Then we went a little further , and came to some rocks, where water was collecting due to the narrow opening in the rock, and forming a kind of smallish waterfall (of a height 2 ft maybe). We just went there carefully and stood in the front of the small waterfall for some time. I don't know how my cousin felt , but standing there in front of the water gushing at high speed, I was taken aback a little. I thought , the river that looked so still like a lake from the banks is so live here. Its almost as if this water will drown me , if I am not careful (and probably it was true to some extent). It was quite amazing , and I almost had the feeling there, as if I am standing beside a great fall which falls from a height of 100 ft or more. Actually the height doesn't matter, what matters is the vibrancy in the water. The life in the water and the power with which it flows continuously , on and on, without stopping, makes you wonder who is running this show, after all; and whither this water, and for what purpose.

When I was back on the dry bank, I felt much calmer in my mind than when I had entered the river. And I wondered how cut I am from the real nature , living day in and day out in my small little flat in a metro city.