Perhaps there are some events that are inescapable in the river, time. Fate, Destiny, God's Will, etc. all are words for this concept. Man cannot escape the inescapable! No matter how much he resists!
Perhaps it is not the actual sequence of events that is important, but what they result in. Maybe you can only run for so long. Mayhaps with enough
will, a way
will be provided. It is like being caught within the gravity of a black hole, futility at its finest. And yet we struggle! As we should struggle!!