Water is the symbol of emotions.  Earth is the symbol of the material world–humanity, things, money, value, skills.  Put them together and sometime you have mud.  Feelings and so-called perceptions/facts equal illusions, assumptions and conflict.  Both, I think (sic), are earthbound.

That is, they are part of this earth-world human game we choose to play in this existence.  “Oh goody!  I get to have feelings and personal opinions based on my view of reality!  And then I get to play bumper cars with others that have their feelings and personal opinions based on a different view of reality!  Oh goody!  Bumper cars!  What fun!.” 

Not.

Speaking of feelings that bump up against another does not feel good.  But it is a round table cyclical existence here, and seasons are constant.  The only sure thing about life is that there is nothing you can be sure about.  Even seasons are different.  New flowers, pruned branches, mud-caked bare fields, new nests.

Just walking in spring mud today.  Gaia never leaves me and I never leave Her, no matter the tears, the feelings, the rain or the truth of everlasting sunshine.