Stairways

Doorways and Stairways are both things I just feel a gravitational pull towards. The analogies and parallels they represent are just so profound in so many ways. I think to many, the image of a stairway automatically implies an upward movement, reaching and striving higher and getting up to the top of whatever it is we must climb to achieve. I however, see them in a different way I suppose. I think that they represent mobility yes, but more like a constant up and down rather than in just one direction. 

Let me explain. I know this sounds dangerously close to pessimistic or morose in nature and counter-intuitive to my normal message. This being said, if we were always moving upward, where would the challenge be? Think about it, what happens when you get to the top? Are there new stairs to climb or do we stay at that point just content? And, what happens when we miss a stair in our hurried rush and fall completely on our face or worse yet, tumble all the way back to the bottom in a bruised and broken heap on that very first step? I would like to believe that there was more of a lesson in the tumbling down than reaching the top unscathed, that that final victory and achievement would mean more and have more substance behind it having to had to really work for it. I would also like to believe that our muscles and our heart (from the cardio workout climbing up and down those stairs) would be healthier for the wear as opposed to the one time up. I suppose too, having conditioned our bodies and such up that first flight we would indeed be ready and able in the event that there is another flight waiting for us right around the corner out of sight as well. Business never is a smooth flight upwards, there are always set-backs and opportunities to test our endurance. It's our job to see them as such and to keep the stairs in perspective.