Do you ever find yourself acting like a salmon, trying to go against the flow, and jump the waterfall?
It’s a lot of hard work, but unlike the salmon, we don’t need to do it. We don’t need to fight life, or battle against the current. We can just relax and enjoy the feeling of being alive.
That doesn’t mean that we don’t do anything, but we can do it to the best of our ability without second guessing ourselves. We can give up the effort to be better and surrender to who we are, experiencing the perfection of life as it unfolds for us.
Everything we need to be happy is already within us, and all we need to do is give up over-thinking and let ourselves fall into a beautiful feeling of relief.
We can’t think our way to joy, but if we give up all effort even for a minute, there it is waiting for us beneath the surface. All we have to do, to find everything we are looking for, is surrender to the beauty of life exactly as it is.
PS: As a child I spent many happy hours watching salmon jump this waterfall near the house where I grew up. It was a great place to appreciate the beauty of life and enjoy the wonder of nature. It was always an easy way for me to forget all my worries and drop into an experience of peace and joy.
As an added bonus, sometimes a salmon would get stuck in a crack at the top of the waterfall and my Dad would wade in, pick it out and bring it home for dinner!