Happy Monday!

This is a bonus blog.  Sharing in case it helps you too.  It’s about being overwhelmed and seeking control vs guiding the chaos.

Over the past few months, I’ve had times where I felt overwhelmed with change and the rate of change whether it’s AI, work, my kids getting older, other life stuff, etc.  Have you felt the same way?  When I feel a bit overwhelmed, it’s easy to wish for control.  Over the past few days, I’ve been reflecting and remembering that it’s not my job to control the chaos.  Controlling the chaos is impossible.  All I can do is try to channel it and guide it in the right direction.  Once I realized this, I had more peace.

This led to me creating this short 1 minute poem I call “Guiding the River”.  I hope you like it.  You can watch the poem by clicking HERE and I’ve included the text at the bottom of this entry.

The challenge- Will you try to control the chaos or will you let go and attempt to guide it?

Have a jolly good day,

Andrew Embry

Guiding the River

I stand on the bank

watching the river

the same way farmers watch crops.

Wondering what and when something will happen.

The river is agitated,

rushing,

gurgling,

spitting.

The same river that brings much needed life,

also brings destructive floods.

The same river that is crisp and clean

is filled with silt and sediment from muddy banks.

The same river you peacefully float on

can drag you away thrashing with its current.

There is too much power in the river to control it.

There is too much power in seeds to tell them exactly how to grow.

Like a farmer, I don’t seek to control the river,

because that is impossible for mere humans.

I merely seek to create space and guide it along its path.

A nudge here.

Shaping the bend differently there.

Redirecting water downstream.

And the river will be less agitated.

And the river will be more free

Flowing to nourish the crops

and souls that need it.

Andrew Embry April 2026