Allowing the Ebb as well as the Flow

Like the ocean, we are meant to ebb as well as flow. Nature moves in cycles. It moves in seasons. Even the moon waxes and wanes. For flow state to exist, we must also have the ebb state.

Peaks are not peaks without the valleys. Even though we may all know this, we still do not "like" the valleys, and we often let it discourage us because we think we must be in the flow state constantly and if we aren't then we must be doing something wrong. We try to fight it or bypass it so we can get back into flow. We believe the valleys are negative and the peaks are positive. 

When the tides of the ocean flow, the waters rise and expand, which is similar to our flow state. We expand and gather knowledge or understanding then as we ebb, we retreat inward and contract away from the expansion. This ebb of retreat allows us to integrate all that we gained in the flow state. When we understand this as part of the process of our journey, we can relax a little more into it.

With this understanding, we can allow the lower energy days to be what they are and trust that the flow will be back soon. When we allow them, we make them less intense because we do not add our judgements or stories to them. When we allow them, they pass more quickly.