It’s all about joy!

I was in San Francisco again last week for a few days. While I don’t know my way around the city yet to any great degree, I do know one thing: downhill is good. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the ways I keep track of where I am and where I want to be. Uphill gets me deeper into the city and further away from my home base (the hotel). Downhill gets me closer to the water, which is, in more ways than one, where I ultimately always want to end up.

Life’s a lot like that, too. When I’m struggling uphill for too long, I know I’m out of sync and that things aren’t quite right in my life. When it feels like I’m cruising downhill, on the other hand, I know I’ve aligned myself with the power of the Universe and that my behaviors, beliefs and intentions are in flow.

Granted, in a world of duality, context and perfect harmony, we need both the up- and downhill’s to balance things out. However, I try to remind myself that I don’t always have to feel like I’m struggling uphill in order to be accomplishing the significance I want from life. There are (many) times when it’s ok if things feel “easy.”