It's the most yin of the five elements — the most feminine, the most passive, the most receptive, the most hidden.

Water whispers, life’s mirror, ever flowing. Cradles dreams, nourishes souls, quietly glowing.

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Take only memories. Leave nothing but footprints.
— Chief Seattle
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
— Carl Jung
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
— Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
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