When we dam up the habitual dependence on luxuries, our waters gather to a head and produce insight.

"I must have done with luxuries and devote myself to my muse.  So I dam up my stream, and my waters gather to a head.  I am freighted with thought."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Water Lily-Pads on Cub Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; September 9, 2012.  I waded out into the lake to get this shot.  The moss on the bottom was about  six inches deep - quite soothing on tired feet.