We Carry The River With Us.

(Yesterday, I took a several hours boat ride down Tembeling river for the start of my return home.)

“People who have lost relationships often wonder why they can't just let it be "water under the bridge." It is water under the bridge - the trouble is we do not live on the bridge but in the river of life with its many twists and turns.”

- Grant Fairley


And we carry our experiences, good and bad; down the winding river.

- Ghostwise

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“What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.”

- Hal Boyle

I'm going where the river takes me,
Beyond that, I do not know where I want to go.

- Ghostwise

The End Of A Turburlent Waterfall.

(Today, I visited the lovely Chamang Waterfall in Bentong, Pahang and was wowed by its ferocious beauty. I dedicate today's post to it. The visit to Chamang Waterfall will be described in a future post in Ghost Walk.)

“A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.”

- Author Unknown.


But when I stood before the waterfall today, I feel only its strength.

- Ghostwise

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Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

- Mikhail Lermontov


What does this say of our beginning? And what does this say of our end?

- Ghostwise

Our "Leader Of The Band".

(Yesterday, one of my favorite singer/songwriter – Dan Folgelberg passed away after a long bout with prostrate cancer. He was only 56. In his most famous song “Leader Of The Band”, he paid tribute to his father through this famous line “Thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go”. Today, Ghostwise pays tribute to this amazing songwriter who will always be his leader of the band and for all of us who loves his music, we’re the living legacies to the leader of our band…)

I thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom
When it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And, papa, I don't think I said
'I love you' near enough

The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy
To the leader of the band

- Dan Folgelberg, Leader Of The Band from the album The Innocent Age 1981


We thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
We’re the living legacies
To the leader of our band

- Ghostwise

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I was raised by a river
Weaned upon the sky
And in the mirror of the waters
I saw myself learn to cry

- Dan Folgelberg, The River from the album Home Free 1972


By the river today,
I saw the ripples of my tears

- Ghostwise