Life flows in cycles.  Within these are ups and downs, yet because evolution is part of the process, there is an ever onward, ever upward component to experience.  Think in terms of a spiral.  Instead of round and round, it is round and up you go, and yet, there will be periods of stagnation … plateaus, as you would call them.  Do not worry.  Be not dismayed.  Nature is in constant motion.  Go with the flow, even if it does not feel as if you are getting anywhere.  You will break out of the eddies eventually without efforting.  May your only effort during periods of stagnation be to maintain trust and to simply be. 

You are so very loved.

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