An angry mob coming at you from down the street with baseball bats in their hands.
That's to late to start going with the flow .... somewhere in the recent past you must have already bin stirring up the flow . Like when you find yourself in the middle of a train track tunnel while a train is speeding at you . You entered this tunnel , with no info on when the train will come or how long this tunnel is . When the flow comes at you above a certain speed it will crush you .
Learn about the flow before you dive in ;-)
Oh, so many possibilities...and analogies... My poor little head is in a spin...😵