A direction, not a destination

Happiness, joy, fulfillment, health, wealth, generosity, kindness, and any of the other good things are directions we can continually move in, not destinations at which to arrive.

Our circumstances will always be dynamic and often out of our control or beyond our understanding. Our simple, and not always easy, job is to respond to each leap forward or each setback by taking a deep breath and sensing what the next step is in the direction of what’s most important.

We can’t always prevent the fall, yet we have a say in what we reach for to help us get back up. Again, again, and again.