I recently heard a speaker say “ All Sunshine Makes a desert eventually.” It’s true, if there is not a fair mixture of rain, wind, storms, and cold mixed in there, growth won’t occur.  I had someone else tell me that “growth doesn't occur on mountain tops.”  Its true, look up there, no trees, no grass, nothing green, just dirt and rock.  “Growth occurs in valleys.”

The point of all this is "life and practice is not supposed to be all roses."  If it is there is something wrong! It’s the valleys that cause you to appreciate the mountain top. It’s the rain, that makes you look forward to the sunshine.  Every day can’t be sunshine and flowers.  We have had 5 straight years of sunshine with little rain here in central Texas. The result?  Drought.  

If you are in a valley right now, remember this is life’s way of educating you, teaching you, molding you, growing.  Open your ears and eyes to it. Learn from it. Take action on it, and grow from it.