In this video, YouTuber Prince Ea gives the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat a different, and possibly surprising, meaning.
Here is one way to read the lyrics, line by line:
Row, row, row – keep rowing, keep moving.
Your boat – it is your own boat, and no one else's. The reading suggests neither letting others row it for you nor rowing other people's boats for them.
Gently down the stream – go gently, not angrily, anxiously or forcefully, and go with the flow of life.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily – the trip doesn't have to be all seriousness. Smiling and enjoying it may ease stress and raise optimism.
Life is but a dream – a passing dream, and a prompt to wake up to what is true.
