GOING UP OR DOWN?

Many of the little incidents that occur in a normal day could actually teach us a lot about life. A common occurrence in any hotel or business place is the wait for an elevator. When you are on the ground floor it is quite straight forward, as all the elevators are going in one direction; up. If you happen to be on one of the middle floors however, not every elevator that comes along is the right one for you.
I have had to endure the excruciating frustration of taking an elevator ride that took me several floors in the wrong direction, before finally moving in the direction that was right for me. In recent time, before I step into an elevator, I always ask “Going up or down?” because I realize even though an elevator might be going up, the way forward for you, might be down.

We live in a time which presents us with an overwhelming pressure to get ahead. The competition is fierce and the vacancies that represent that elusive state called ‘success’ seem fewer than the competitors. This tempts many of us to adopt a policy of grabbing any and everything that has the semblance of upward mobility.
It is true that we all aspire to move up in life, but like getting on an elevator, not everything that appears to move up, will take you where you are going. Life will often require of us, the patience and character to ask the question “going up?” before we decide to connect with anything. The way forward for you may require that you take the elevator going down.