Be like water - but what if i fail

Be like water - but what if i fail i really like the quote "be like water" and wanted to live by it - but the problems was what happenes when i fail - when i cant meditate or more truly too lazy to meditate - and always take a few days break no matter what ? because water don't fail - they don't take a break - so when i do fail and not meditate and get lazy it breaks my whole motivation cause the "be like water" theory doesn't work cause water don't stop and get back up can someone here help me find some explanation to make the "be like water" quote reasonable to failing as well This is not a buddhist connected idea directly - but i ask this to help my practice - and its very very important for me if i get a good reply - very wholsome kamma +++ plus its more related to the practice than other questions ive seen here before